Beat

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See also: beat, béat, and béât

Alemannic German

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Etymology

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From Latin Beatus, a masculine form of Beata.

Proper noun

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Beat

  1. (Uri) a male given name from Latin

References

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German

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from English beat.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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
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Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Ultimately from Latin beatus.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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

  1. a male given name
Usage notes
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  • Almost entirely restricted to Switzerland, unlike the feminine Beate.

Further reading

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