Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Leather shorts, often with suspenders, worn by men and boys, especially in Bavaria.
Wiktionary
- n. knee-breeches made of leather
WordNet 3.0
- n. leather shorts often worn with suspenders; worn especially by men and boys in Bavaria
Etymologies
- Borrowing from German Lederhose. The -n at the end of the singular nominative is a feature of the Bavarian dialect. (Wiktionary)
- German, from Middle High German lederhose : leder, leather (from Old High German ledar) + hose, trousers (from Old High German hosa). (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Critics say the Wiesn has warped from a quaint Volksfest into a cultural wasteland: women in lederhosen, the occasional man in a dirndl, and celebrities such as Kim Kardashian and Paris Hilton flaunting designer renditions that cost thousands of dollars.”
The Wall Street Journal: At Oktoberfest, a Controversy Brews Over Racy Designer Dirndls
“Mr. ROCCA: Putting the led in lederhosen, in other words.”
“He said he did it "for love," but he knew he looked great in lederhosen, Wendy said.”
“Steve from Scary Toy Clown submits his post following the path of bright orange novelty lederhosen from the Bavarian Beer company which have now shown up as the main game piece in a Chinese board game with an amusingly violent commercial.”
“As the child grows older, it dresses in lederhosen and has a pudding bowl haircut, but all its basic functions develop normally.”
“Does the book about Germany explore the first half of the last century, or does it just have nice pictures of people dancing in lederhosen at the hofbrau?”
“I have visions of young Germans in lederhosen with their water bottles and sausages hiking around Lake Chapala, singing patriotic songs and putting up directional signs destined to become easels for young Mexican grafitti artists who will obscure whatever useless messages were printed thereon to begin with.”
“I would be sitting here in lederhosen eating cold wurst as we speak.”
“Boys wore leather shorts called lederhosen and girls wore dresses called dirndls.”
“Billed as “the busiest German band in Texas,” the group also includes four dancers dressed in lederhosen, dirndl, and knee socks.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘lederhosen’.
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My Favorite Words(:
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Collage's Words
subtle, calamity, impale, qat, painterly, piebald, surly, nihilistic, repine, slake, larder, sepulchre and 349 more...
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words from the German
kindergarten, sturm und drang, schadenfreude, zeppelin, blitzkreig, blitz, krieg, panzer, angst, nazi, zeitgeist, doppelganger and 107 more...
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Vocabulary of Lord Rahl
Master Rahl guide us.
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In your light we thrive.
In your mercy we are sheltered.
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Words that are fun to say
stipple, carbuncle, dongle, exemplar, misbegotten, gigolo, salubrious, jupiter, propinquity, piglet, tobogganing, supercilious and 309 more...
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Below the Belt
Anything worn from the waist down.
chausses, pantaloons, britches, trossers, buckskins, chaps, galligaskins, gregs, gaskins, breeches, knee breeches, knee pants and 93 more...
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silly, silly words
besnotted, skedaddle, humdinger, pamplemousse, pantalones, underpants gnomes, underoos, herpes zoster, possums, meat slurry, sausage, peevish and 256 more...
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funny articles of clothing
cravat, cummerbund, ascot, bustle, corset, doublet, hauberk, haubergeon, bolo tie, ruff, chemise, girdle and 19 more...
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German Spelling Bee List
need to learn these words!!!!!!!!
angst, haversack, hinterland, streusel, eiderdown, kohlrabi, autobahn, gestalt, gestapo, echt, feldspar, spareribs and 67 more...
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humorous
shrubbery, plonk, lugubrious, lederhosen, pantaloons, nincompoop, pontiff, aardvark, codpiece, chunter, fjords, dastardly
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Internationally Known
wunderkind, a la carte, brunette, blitz, passe, genre, du jour, kindergarten, gegenschein, encore, lederhosen, souvenir and 20 more...
Tweets
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colt4x5 My brother and I actually wore these things, back in the mid-1960s, when we lived in Germany (but nowhere near Bavaria). And trust me, we weren't alone. Mar 8, 2010
PossibleUnderscore I'm sure that wind up thing would make a magnificent birthday present for someone! ;-) Jul 25, 2009
chained_bear For added fun, see one of these things is not like the others.
Or, click here. (Don't miss the "high tech" version on the same page.) Jul 25, 2009