Beat
Alemannic German
editEtymology
editFrom Latin Beatus, a masculine form of Beata.
Proper noun
editBeat
- (Uri) a male given name from Latin
References
edit- Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 11.
German
editEtymology 1
editPronunciation
editNoun
editBeat m (strong, genitive Beats or Beat, plural Beats)
- (music) beat
- (countable) the pulse of a metre
- Synonym: Grundschlag
- (countable, by extension) percussion creating a rhythm
- 2007, “36Grad”, performed by 2raumwohnung:
- Sechsunddreißig Grad, / Und es wird noch heißer. / Mach den Beat nie wieder leiser!
- Thirty-six degrees, / And it’s getting even hotter. / Never turn down the beat anymore!
- (uncountable) beat music (genre of the 1960s)
- Synonym: Beatmusik
- (countable) the pulse of a metre
Declension
editDeclension of Beat [masculine, strong]
Derived terms
editEtymology 2
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editBeat m (proper noun, strong, genitive Beats or (with an article) Beat, feminine Beate)
- a male given name
Usage notes
edit- Almost entirely restricted to Switzerland, unlike the feminine Beate.
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