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Schlag.

blow, hit

6 characters1 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

noun/ʃlaːk/standard/ʃlax//ʃlaːx/
  1. blow, hit

    also · figuratively · masculine · strong
    ein herber Schlag
  2. beat (pulse on the beat level)

    masculine · strong
    Im Viervierteltakt gibt es vier Schläge pro Takt; jeder Schlag entspricht einer Viertelnote.
  3. type, sort, kind; (in particular) ellipsis of Menschenschlag

    figuratively · masculine · strong
Where this word comes from

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”).

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