# der Beat

der Beat is a German noun meaning “beat”. Forms: des Beats, die Beats.

## Forms

- Genitive: des Beats
- Plural: die Beats

## Noun

1. _countable_ the pulse of a metre
2. _countable_ percussion creating a rhythm
   - Sechsunddreißig Grad, / Und es wird noch heißer. / Mach den Beat nie wieder leiser! — Thirty-six degrees, / And it’s getting even hotter. / Never turn down the beat anymore!
3. _uncountable_ beat music (genre of the 1960s)

## Proper name

1. a male given name

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Sources: Meanings and forms from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).
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