Beethoven

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Ludwig van Beethoven

Wikipedia

Etymology

Borrowed from German Beethoven, which is itself of Dutch origin.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbeɪˌtəʊvən/, /ˈbeɪtˌhəʊvən/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈbeɪˌtoʊvən/
• Rhymes: -əʊvən

Proper noun

Beethoven

1. A surname from German [in turn from Dutch], usually applying to Ludwig van Beethoven.

Derived terms

• Beethovenian

Translations

German surname

Amharic: ቤትሆቨን (bethovän) Arabic: بِيتْهُوفَن (bīthūfan) Aramaic: ܠܘܕܒܝܓ Armenian: Բեթհովեն (Betʻhoven) Assamese: বিটহ'ফন (bitoh'phon) Azerbaijani: Bethoven Belarusian: Бетхо́вен m or f (Bjetxóvjen), Бэтго́вэн m or f (Bethóven) (old spelling) Bengali: বেটোফেন (beṭōphen), বেইটোভেন (beiṭōbhen) Bulgarian: Бетховен (Bethoven), Бетовен (Betoven) Burmese: ဘီသိုဗင် (bhisuibang) Chinese: Cantonese: 貝多芬 / 贝多芬 (bui3 do1 fan1) Hakka: (please verify) 貝多芬 / 贝多芬 (Pi-tô-fûn) Mandarin: 貝多芬 / 贝多芬 (zh) (Bèiduōfēn) Esperanto: Betoveno Finnish: Beethoven Georgian: ბეთჰოვენი (bethoveni) German: Beethoven m or f Greek: Μπετόβεν (el) (Betóven) Hebrew: בטהובן Hindi: बीथोवेन (bīthoven), बीथोव्हेन (bīthovhen) Hungarian: Beethoven (hu) Italian: Beethoven Japanese: ベートーヴェン (Bētōven), ベートーベン (Bētōben) Kannada: ಬೆಟ್ಹೋವನ್ (beṭhōvan) Korean: 베토벤 (ko) (Betoben) Latvian: Bēthovens Lithuanian: Bethovenas Macedonian: Бетовен (Betoven) Malayalam: ബീഥോവൻ (bīthōvaṉ) Marathi: बीथोव्हेन (bīthovhen), बेथोव्हेन (bethovhen) Mongolian: Cyrillic: Бетховен (Betxoven) Mongolian: ᠪᠧᠲᠤᠹᠧᠨ (bētufēn) Newar: बेट्होफ़न्, बेइटहअउभन (beiṭahaaubhana) Paraguayan Guarani: (please verify) Vetóven Persian: بتهوون (bethôvon), بیتهوفِن (bêthôfen) Polish: Beethoven m Punjabi: ਬੀਥੋਵਨ (bīthovan) Russian: Бетхо́вен (ru) m or f (Betxóven) Samogitian: Bethuovens, Bethovėns Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Бȅтовен Roman: Bȅtoven, Beethoven Sinhalese: බීතෝවන් (bītōwan) Swedish: Beethoven Tamil: பேத்தோவன் (pēttōvaṉ) Telugu: బీథోవెన్ (bīthōven) Thai: เบโทเฟน (bee-too-feen) Ukrainian: Бетхо́вен m or f (Betxóven), Бето́вен m or f (Betóven) (rare) Urdu: بیتھوون (bethvon) Uyghur: بىتخوۋىن (bitxowin) Uzbek: Betxoven Veps: Bethoven Vietnamese: Bét-thô-ven Yiddish: בעטהאָוון (bethovn)

Cebuano

Etymology

From English, from German.

Proper noun

Beethoven

1. a male given name from German [in turn from Dutch]
   • 2012 — Logroño, Guam P., 1 Gitigbas, 1 Gidunggab-patay (23 July), SuperBalita

     Si PO3 Beethoven Rocamora Jr. imbestigador sa Samboan Police nga nahinabi sa Sun.Star Superbalita, nagkanayon nga ang suspetsado nag-inom daplin sa dalan uban sa iyang mga higala niadtong Sabado sa alas 10:15 sa gabii.

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   • 2015 October 5, Limpangog, Romeo, “Mandaue City Mopasigarbo sa Ilang Lokal nga Produkto”, in Banat News:

     Dugang sa mitambong sa pagbukas sa kalihokan sila si CDA, Macario Quevedo, CEO, People’s Cooperative, councilor Beethoven Andaya, chair, committee on cooperatives ug ingon man si Atty. Ernesto Maringuran nga maoy Mandaue City Cooperative Development Officer.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. the German composer and pianist Ludwig van Beethoven

German

German Wikipedia has an article on:

Ludwig van Beethoven

Wikipedia ^de

Etymology

From Dutch van Beethoven, from beet hoven (literally “beetroot farms”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeːtˌhoːfn̩/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Proper noun

Beethoven m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Beethovens or (with an article) Beethoven, feminine genitive Beethoven, plural Beethovens or Beethoven)

1. a surname from Dutch, usually applying to Ludwig van Beethoven.

Declension

Declension of Beethoven [masculine // feminine, surname]

	singular						plural
	masculine			feminine
	indef.	def.	noun	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	(ein)	(der)	Beethoven	(eine)	(die)	Beethoven	(die)	Beethovens, Beethoven
genitive	(eines)	(des)	Beethovens, Beethoven1	(einer)	(der)	Beethoven	(der)	Beethovens, Beethoven
dative	(einem)	(dem)	Beethoven	(einer)	(der)	Beethoven	(den)	Beethovens, Beethoven
accusative	(einen)	(den)	Beethoven	(eine)	(die)	Beethoven	(die)	Beethovens, Beethoven

¹With an article.

References

• Swafford, Jan (2014): Beethoven: Anguish and Triumph : a Biography

Hungarian

Hungarian Wikipedia has an article on:

Ludwig van Beethoven

Wikipedia ^hu

Etymology

Borrowed from German.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbeːtoːvɛn]

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• Hyphenation: Bee‧tho‧ven
• Rhymes: -ɛn

Proper noun

Beethoven

1. a surname from German [in turn from Dutch], usually applying to Ludwig van Beethoven.

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	Beethoven	Beethovenek
accusative	Beethovent	Beethoveneket
dative	Beethovennek	Beethoveneknek
instrumental	Beethovennel	Beethovenekkel
causal-final	Beethovenért	Beethovenekért
translative	Beethovenné	Beethovenekké
terminative	Beethovenig	Beethovenekig
essive-formal	Beethovenként	Beethovenekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Beethovenben	Beethovenekben
superessive	Beethovenen	Beethoveneken
adessive	Beethovennél	Beethoveneknél
illative	Beethovenbe	Beethovenekbe
sublative	Beethovenre	Beethovenekre
allative	Beethovenhez	Beethovenekhez
elative	Beethovenből	Beethovenekből
delative	Beethovenről	Beethovenekről
ablative	Beethoventől	Beethovenektől
non-attributive possessive – singular	Beethovené	Beethoveneké
non-attributive possessive – plural	Beethovenéi	Beethovenekéi

Possessive forms of Beethoven

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Beethovenem	Beethovenjeim
2nd person sing.	Beethovened	Beethovenjeid
3rd person sing.	Beethovenje	Beethovenjei
1st person plural	Beethovenünk	Beethovenjeink
2nd person plural	Beethovenetek	Beethovenjeitek
3rd person plural	Beethovenjük	Beethovenjeik

Derived terms

• beethoveni
• Beethoven-szimfónia

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

Beethoven

Wikipedia ^pl

Etymology

Borrowed from German Beethoven.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɛˈtɔ.vɛn/
• Rhymes: -ɔvɛn
• Syllabification: Bee‧tho‧ven

Proper noun

Beethoven m pers

1. a surname from German [in turn from Dutch], usually applying to Ludwig van Beethoven.

Declension

Declension of Beethoven

	singular
nominative	Beethoven
genitive	Beethovena
dative	Beethovenowi
accusative	Beethovena
instrumental	Beethovenem
locative	Beethovenie
vocative	Beethovenie

Further reading

• Beethoven in Polish dictionaries at PWN