An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Schlendrian

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Schlendern

An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis

Schlendrian

schenkern

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This annotated version expands the abbreviations in the original entry Schlendrian.

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2697223An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S — SchlendrianJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

Schlendrian, masculine, ‘old practice or custom, loafer,’ Modern High German only, formed from Low German; in Dutch slender, ‘sauntering gait.’ The d after n represents an older t, which is correctly permutated in High German schlenzen, ‘to saunter’; compare Middle English slenten, ‘to saunter.’