Polyglot Dictionary

Herzschlag

/ˈhɛʁtsˌʃlaːk/

der noun B1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Herzschläge

Meaning

  1. heartbeat

    Built from Herz (heart) + Schlag (beat).

    • Sie konnte ihren eigenen Herzschlag hören.

      She could hear her own heartbeat.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • Herz heart
  • Schlag beat

Similar words

Puls

Close, near-synonym for "heartbeat, pulse."

Similar in other languages

Spanish

latido

latido is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "heartbeat."

Practice

1 What does Herzschlag mean?

2 Fill the gap: Sie konnte ihren eigenen ___ hören.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Herzschlag?

See also

nouncompound

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