Beat

See also: beat, béat, and béât

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Latin Beatus, a masculine form of Beata.

Proper noun

Beat

1. (Uri) a male given name from Latin

References

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 11.

German

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English beat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biːt/

• Audio:

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• Homophone: biet

Noun

Beat m (strong, genitive Beats or Beat, plural Beats)

1. (music) beat
   1. (countable) the pulse of a metre

      Synonym: Grundschlag

   2. (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!

   3. (uncountable) beat music (genre of the 1960s)

      Synonym: Beatmusik

Declension

Declension of Beat [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Beat	die	Beats
genitive	eines	des	Beats, Beat	der	Beats
dative	einem	dem	Beat	den	Beats
accusative	einen	den	Beat	die	Beats

Derived terms

• beatboxen
• Afrobeat

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Latin beatus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeːat/

Proper noun

Beat m (proper noun, strong, genitive Beats or (with an article) Beat, feminine Beate)

1. a male given name

Usage notes

• Almost entirely restricted to Switzerland, unlike the feminine Beate.

Further reading

• “Beat” in Duden online
• “Beat” in Duden online
• “Beat” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache