Beethoven

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbeɪˌt(h)əʊvən/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈbeɪˌtoʊvən/
• Rhymes: -əʊvən

Proper noun

Beethoven

1. A surname, usually applying to Ludwig van Beethoven.

Derived terms

• Beethovenian

Translations

German surname

• Amharic: ቤትሆቨን (bethovän)
• Arabic: بِيتْهُوفَن‏‎ (bīthūfan)
• Aramaic: ܠܘܕܒܝܓ‏‎
• Armenian: Բեթհովեն (Betʿhoven)
• Assamese: বিটহ'ফন (bitôh'phôn)
• Azeri: Bethoven
• Belarusian: Бетхо́вен (Bjetxóvjen), (old spelling) Бэтго́вэн (Bethóven)
• Bengali: বেটোফেন (beṭophen), বেইটোভেন (beiṭobhen)
• Bulgarian: Бетховен (Bethoven), Бетовен (Betoven)
• Burmese: ဘီသိုဗင် (bhisuibang)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 貝多芬 (bui³ do¹ fan¹)

  Gan: 貝多芬

  Hakka: 貝多芬 (Pi-tô-fûn)

  Mandarin: 貝多芬 (zh), 贝多芬 (zh) (Bèiduōfēn)

  Wu: 貝多芬 (Pe-tu-fen)

• Esperanto: Betoveno
• Georgian: ბეთჰოვენი (bethoveni)
• German: Beethoven
• Greek: Μπετόβεν (el) (Betóven)
• Guaraní: Vetóven
• Hebrew: בטהובן‏‎
• Hindi: बीथोवेन (bīthoven), बीथोव्हेन (bīthovhen)
• Hungarian: Beethoven
• Italian: Beethoven
• Japanese: ベートーヴェン (Bētōven), ベートーベン (Bētōben)
• Kannada: ಬೆಟ್ಹೋವನ್ (beṭhōvan)

• Korean: 베토벤 (Betoben)
• Latvian: Bēthovens
• Lithuanian: Bethovenas
• Lojban: .beitoven
• Macedonian: Бетовен (Betoven)
• Malayalam: ബീഥോവൻ (bīthōvan)
• Marathi: बीथोव्हेन (bīthovhen), बेथोव्हेन (bethovhen)
• Newari: बेट्होफ़न् (beṭhopha़n), बेइटहअउभन (beiṭahaaubhana)
• Persian: بتهوون‏‎ (Betovon), بیتهوفِن‏‎ (Bêtofen)
• Punjabi: ਬੀਥੋਵਨ (bīthovan)
• Russian: Бетхо́вен (ru) (Betxóven)
• Samogitian: Bethuovens, Bethovėns
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Бȅтовен

  Roman: Bȅtoven, Beethoven

• Sinhalese: බීතෝවන් (bītōvan)
• Swedish: Beethoven
• Tamil: பேத்தோவன் (pēttōvaṉ)
• Telugu: బీథోవెన్ (bīthōven)
• Thai: เบโทเฟน (bee-too-feen)
• Ukrainian: Бетхо́вен (Betxóven), Бето́вен (Betóven)
• Urdu: بیتھوون‏‎
• Uyghur: بىتخوۋىن‏‎ (bitxowin)
• Uzbek: Betxoven
• Veps: Bethoven
• Vietnamese: Bét-thô-ven
• Yiddish: בעטהאָוון‏‎ (bethovn)

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeːtˌhoːfn̩/

Proper noun

Beethoven m, f (genitive Beethovens)

1. Beethoven

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Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from German.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbeːtoːvɛn]
• Hyphenation: Bee‧tho‧ven

Proper noun

Beethoven

1. 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

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