"Beethoven" meaning in German

See Beethoven in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ˈbeːtˌhoːfn̩/ Audio: De-Beethoven.ogg
Etymology: From Dutch van Beethoven, from beet hoven (literally “beetroot farms”). Etymology templates: {{bor|de|nl|van Beethoven}} Dutch van Beethoven Head templates: {{de-proper noun|surname}} Beethoven m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Beethovens or (with an article) Beethoven, feminine genitive Beethoven, plural Beethovens or Beethoven) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|surname}} Forms: Beethovens [genitive, masculine], Beethoven [genitive, masculine], Beethoven [feminine, genitive], Beethovens [plural], Beethoven [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], Beethoven [masculine, nominative, singular], Beethoven [feminine, nominative, singular], Beethovens [definite, nominative, plural], Beethoven [definite, nominative, plural], Beethovens [genitive, masculine, singular], Beethoven [genitive, masculine, singular], Beethoven [feminine, genitive, singular], Beethovens [definite, genitive, plural], Beethoven [definite, genitive, plural], Beethoven [dative, masculine, singular], Beethoven [dative, feminine, singular], Beethovens [dative, definite, plural], Beethoven [dative, definite, plural], Beethoven [accusative, masculine, singular], Beethoven [accusative, feminine, singular], Beethovens [accusative, definite, plural], Beethoven [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. a surname from Dutch, usually applying to Ludwig van Beethoven. Tags: feminine, masculine, proper-noun, surname

Inflected forms

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