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Beat
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beat béat béât
Alemannic German
Etymology
From gsw la Beatus, a masculine form of la Beata.
Proper noun
gsw proper noun
gsw Uri gsw male Latin
References
11
German
Etymology 1
de :bor en:beat
de en beat.
Pronunciation
de /biːt/
de De-Beat.ogg
de biet
Noun
m,(s),s
de music beat
de countable the pulse of a metre
de Grundschlag
de countable by extension percussion creating a rhythm
de 2007 w:2raumwohnung 36Grad 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!
de uncountable Beat music beat music genre of the 1960s
de Beatmusik
Declension
m,(s),s
Derived terms
de beatboxen
de Afrobeat
Etymology 2
Ultimately from de la beatus.
Pronunciation
de /ˈbeːat/
Proper noun
m,s:-[with an article] Beate
de male
Usage notes
Almost entirely restricted to Switzerland, unlike the feminine de Beate.
Further reading
Beat_Rhythmus
Beat_Name