Schlag

See also: schlag

German

Etymology

From Middle High German slac, from Old High German slag, from Proto-Germanic *slagiz (“a blow, strike”).

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

Noun

Schlag m (genitive Schlags or Schlages, plural Schläge)

  1. blow, hit
    ein herber Schlag ― an enormous blow
  2. (music) beat (pulse on the beat level)
    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.

Declension
Declension of Schlag
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Schlag die Schläge
genitive eines des Schlages,
Schlags		 der Schläge
dative einem dem Schlag,
Schlage1		 den Schlägen
accusative einen den Schlag die Schläge
1Now uncommon, see notes

Synonyms
  • (music: pulse on the beat level): Grundschlag

Derived terms

Further reading

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German slag. 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
  • IPA(key): /ʃlaːχ/
    • Rhymes: -aːχ

Noun

Schlag m (plural Schléi)

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