An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Schlendrian

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
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This annotated version expands the abbreviations in the original entry Schlendrian. Random word Special:RandomInCategory/Annotated entries in Kluge's Etymological Dictionary of the German Language
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.’

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