How to Use lederhosen in a Sentence

lederhosen

plural noun
  • Wear lederhosen or a dirndl and the first beer is free.
    Kathy Flanigan, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12 Sep. 2017
  • How about all those corny low-cut dirndls and lederhosen shorts?
    Polly Campbell, Cincinnati.com, 12 Sep. 2017
  • Brush off your lederhosen and make sure your checkered shirt is clean.
    Polly Campbell, Cincinnati.com, 16 Sep. 2019
  • Inside, stencils of flowers, women in dirndls, and men in lederhosen adorn the walls.
    Sue Hertz, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Apr. 2018
  • Senior Katy Nelson is co-president and in charge of the attire, the dirndl for women and lederhosen for men.
    Julie Cornell, Houston Chronicle, 9 Mar. 2018
  • The pugnacious Brit with the pint-a-day body; or the boot-heeled Bavarian, fahrting in its lederhosen of chip-resistant body cladding?
    Dan Neil, WSJ, 21 June 2018
  • Break our your lederhosen, and check out our list of Oktoberfests and other fall parties.
    Nick Vadala, Philly.com, 11 Sep. 2017
  • LOL Observation Only servers in beer halls and restaurants sport dirndls and lederhosen—which like any flight attendant’s garb, are uniforms for work.
    William Sertl, WSJ, 16 Jan. 2019
  • Boutiques hawking 1,200-euro embroidered deer-hide lederhosen suits and wild-gentian schnapps line the town of Rottach-Egern’s main drag, wedged tightly with Audis and Porsches.
    Adam H. Graham, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Sep. 2018
  • Look for exhibits on the history of Oktoberfest and Germans in New Orleans as well as a gift shop selling souvenirs, such as beer steins, flower headbands, dirndls, lederhosen and hats.
    Ann Maloney, NOLA.com, 12 Oct. 2017
  • In addition to the two outfit request on the day, guests were also asked to deck themselves out in traditional Austrian attire for the dirndl and lederhosen rehearsal dinner the night before.
    Marcia Moody, Town & Country, 19 May 2017
  • Every year, for just over two weeks as September turns to October, some six million tourists from around the world travel to Bavaria’s capital city for a bacchanal of lederhosen, pretzels, and of course, plenty of the bubbly brew.
    Todd Plummer, Vogue, 28 Sep. 2017
  • Oktoberfest's first night was beautiful and warm, and the broad aisles between the booths on 2nd and 3rd quickly got crowded with Cincinnatians in chicken hats and lederhosen, eating a lot of meat and carbohydrates washed down with beer.
    Polly Campbell, Cincinnati.com, 15 Sep. 2017
  • Some changes planned for this year’s event include a third beer garden that will feature a more German feel with authentic food, traditional oompah music and servers donning lederhosen and other German garb.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 July 2019
  • The celebration includes stein engravings, sausage eating contests, stein hoisting contests, a goldrush cash punch wall, and a lederhosen and dirndle contest.
    Myrna Petlicki, chicagotribune.com, 16 Sep. 2019
  • The book traces Folds’s musical pilgrimage, from childhood piano lessons in his native North Carolina to his days as a lederhosen-wearing teenager playing polka samples in a German restaurant.
    Allison Stewart, Washington Post, 31 July 2019
  • But that’s partly because their opponents have been pretty under-powered: No amount of glitzy tech conferences featuring entrepreneurs kitted out in lederhosen can disguise that.
    Washington Post, 21 June 2019
  • Wacker Neuson had a brass band in lederhosen and yellow sunglasses dancing atop electric wheeled loaders and mini excavators.
    Andrew Curry, WIRED, 26 June 2019
  • Live music, brat-eating contest, lederhosen fashion show are among activities.
    Andre Meunier, oregonlive, 9 Sep. 2019

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'lederhosen.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: