Takt

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

• IPA^(key): /takt/

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• Rhymes: -akt

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”)

• Rudertakt
• Stundentakt

• → Slovincian: tak

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