iskelmä

== Finnish == === Etymology === From iskeä (“to hit”) +‎ -lmä. Clipping of iskusävelmä, itself a calque of German Schlagerlied (“hit song”). Coined by Finnish lyricist R. R. Ryynänen and Finnish musician Georg Malmstén. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈiskelmæ/, [ˈis̠k̟e̞lmæ] Rhymes: -iskelmæ Syllabification(key): is‧kel‧mä Hyphenation(key): is‧kel‧mä === Noun === iskelmä schlager, schlager song (piece of music made in schlager style, i.e. in a distinctively European style of light popular music, typically with facile, sentimental lyrics) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004), Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN === Further reading === “iskelmä”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023 === Anagrams === silmäke