Meaning of landeplage | Babel Free

Definitions

1. something that negatively affects everyone living in some area
   dated
2. a hit song (song that is played frequently for a time)

Examples

“Ei kan med Bajonetter / Ægyptens Pascha jage / Fra sine Bomulds-Sletter / Græshoppens Landeplage.”

The pasha of Egypt cannot / with bayonets chase / from his cotton fields / the scourge that is the locust.

“Man mente ved Straffenes Strænghed at kunne sætte en Stopper for den Landeplage, man mente var kommen; ...”

It was believed that, with the severity of the punishments, one could put a stop to the scourge of the land that it was felt had arrived; ...

“I januar 1920 pladeindspillede han sangen for Columbia Records, og nu blev den en sand landeplage.”

In January 1920, he recorded the song for Columbia Records, and it now became a true hit song.

“En sang med potentiale til at blive en landeplage!”

A song with the potential to become a hit!

“Da komponisten året efter skrev endnu en folkesang med titlen »Jens Vejmand«, oplevede denne at blive en landeplage.”

When, the year after, the composer wrote another folk song titled "Jens Road-mender", this song experienced becoming a hit song.^([sic])

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