Takt

See also: takt and täkt

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tāctus (“touch”). Sense “tact” via French tact.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /takt/

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• Rhymes: -akt

Noun

Takt m (strong, genitive Taktes or Takts, plural Takte)

1. tact (keen perception or discernment)

   Synonyms: Feingefühl, Taktgefühl

2. (music) time
3. (music) bar, measure
4. (by extension, colloquial, in the plural) moment

   Können wir ein paar Takte miteinander reden? ― Can we talk for a few moments?

5. interval

   im Stundentakt ― hourly (literally, “at intervals of an hour”)

Declension

Declension of Takt [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Takt	die	Takte
genitive	eines	des	Taktes, Takts	der	Takte
dative	einem	dem	Takt, Takte1	den	Takten
accusative	einen	den	Takt	die	Takte

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

• Rudertakt
• Stundentakt

Descendants

• → Slovincian: tak

Further reading

• “Takt” in Duden online
• “Takt” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache