Beethoven

English

Portrait of Ludwig van Beethoven by Joseph Karl Stieler, 1820

Etymology

Borrowed from German Beethoven.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Beethoven

1. A surname from German, 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)
• Guaraní: Vetóven
• 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)
• 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 English [in turn from Dutch]
2. the German composer and pianist Ludwig van Beethoven

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Beethoven.

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch beet hoven (literally “beetroot farms”). The latter word is the plural of hof (“farm”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeːtˌhoːfn̩/

• Audio

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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
2. 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

Etymology

Borrowed from German.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbeːtoːvɛn]

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

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
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

Etymology

Borrowed from German Beethoven.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Beethoven m pers

1. (music) 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