Masculine

Schlag

Meaning

  1. (also,figuratively,masculine,strong) blow, hit
  2. (masculine,strong) beat (pulse on the beat level)

Synonyms

Frequency

B1
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

dätsch

St. Gallen

St. Gallen

tùtsch

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ʃlaːk/
Etymology

In summary

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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