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Schlag

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English

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Etymology

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    Borrowed from German Schlag.

    Proper noun

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    Schlag (plural Schlags)

    1. A surname from German.

    Statistics

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    • According to the 2010 United States Census, Schlag is the 36695th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 609 individuals. Schlag is most common among White (93.76%) individuals.

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    German

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    Etymology

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      From Middle High German slac, from Old High German slag, from Proto-West Germanic *slagi (a blow, strike). Perhaps cognate to English slug (hard blow).

      Pronunciation

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      • IPA(key): /ʃlaːk/ (standard)
      • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)
      • IPA(key): /ʃlax/ (northern Germany and parts of central Germany; chiefly colloquial)
      • IPA(key): /ʃlaːx/ (parts of central Germany; chiefly colloquial)

      Noun

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      Schlag m (strong, genitive Schlages or Schlags, plural Schläge)

      1. (also figurative) blow, hit
        ein herber Schlagan enormous blow
      2. (music) beat (pulse on the beat level)
        Synonym: Grundschlag
        Im Viervierteltakt gibt es vier Schläge pro Takt; jeder Schlag entspricht einer Viertelnote.
        In four-four time there are four beats per bar; each beat corresponds to a quarter note.
      3. (figurative) type, sort, kind; (in particular) ellipsis of Menschenschlag
        • 1913 [1878], chapter 1, in Hermann Röhl, transl., Anna Karenina[1], translation of Анна Каренина (Anna Karenina) by Leo Tolstoy, part 7:
          Mit Lebemännern von Oblonskis Schlage zu verkehren, jetzt wußte sie schon, was das bedeutete: das bedeutete, an argen Trinkgelagen teilzunehmen und nachher böse, böse Orte zu besuchen.
          Spending the time with jovial gentlemen of Oblonsky's type—she knew now what that meant...it meant drinking and going somewhere after drinking. She could not think without horror of where men went on such occasions.

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      Descendants

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      • French: schlague f

      Noun

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      Schlag m (strong, genitive Schlags, no plural)

      1. (Austria, informal) clipping of Schlagobers; whipped cream
        Einmal Sachertorte mit Schlag, bitte!One piece of Sacher cake with whipped cream, please!

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      Further reading

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      • Schlag”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache[2] (in German)
      • Schlag” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
      • Schlag” in Duden online

      Luxembourgish

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      Etymology

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      From Middle High German slac, from Old High German slag, Proto-West Germanic *slagi.

      The plural Schléi is original, preserving the regular Luxembourgish loss of intervocalic -g- (cf. German Schläge).

      Cognate with German Schlag, Dutch slag, Icelandic slag.

      Pronunciation

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      Noun

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      Schlag m (plural Schléi)

      1. hit, blow
      2. beat (of a drum, heart, etc.)
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