Schlag

Borrowed from German Schlag.

Schlag (plural Schlags)

1. A surname from German.

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

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Schlag”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

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”).

• IPA^(key): /ʃlaːk/ (standard)

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• IPA^(key): /ʃlax/ (northern Germany and parts of central Germany; chiefly colloquial)
• IPA^(key): /ʃlaːx/ (parts of central Germany; chiefly colloquial)

• Rhymes: -aːk

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

1. (also figurative) blow, hit

   ein herber Schlag ― an 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.

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• “Schlag” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Schlag” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Schlag” in Duden online

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.

• IPA^(key): /ʃlaːχ/
  • Rhymes: -aːχ

Schlag m (plural Schléi)

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

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