Takt
German, noun/takt/
Takt is spelled T-A-K-T (4 letters) and appears 9.5 times per million words in written German, the 7,292nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Takt is a German masculine noun meaning “tact (keen perception or discernment)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “das Maß, das ein Musikstück rhythmisch in gleiche Einheiten teilt”.
What does Takt mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetact (keen perception or discernment)
- 2
masculinetime
- 3
masculinebar, measure
- 4
colloquialmasculinemoment
Können wir ein paar Takte miteinander reden?
- 5
masculineinterval
im Stundentakt
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. das Maß, das ein Musikstück rhythmisch in gleiche Einheiten teilt 2. das persönliche Maß an Etikette, Einfühlungsvermögen 3. der regelmäßige Abstand zwischen zwei Fahrzeugen einer Linie des Öffentlichen Verkehrs
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Takt
- Taktes genitive
- Takts genitive
- Takte plural
- Takten dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Takt?
- /takt/
- [takt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Takt
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Takt in German?
Takt appears 9.5 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).