Schlag.
blow, hit
Meaning & usage
blow, hit
ein herber Schlag
beat (pulse on the beat level)
Im Viervierteltakt gibt es vier Schläge pro Takt; jeder Schlag entspricht einer Viertelnote.
type, sort, kind; (in particular) ellipsis of Menschenschlag
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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