Beethoven
UK/ˈbeɪˌtəʊvən//ˈbeɪˌtoʊvən/
Beethoven proper noun: a surname from German [in turn from Dutch], usually applying to Ludwig van Beethoven.
![beethoven: a surname from German [in turn from Dutch], usually applying to Ludwig van Beethoven](/assets/img/beethoven.webp)
Proper noun
Beethoven
- A surname from German [in turn from Dutch], usually applying to Ludwig van Beethoven.
Beethoven meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
Beethoven in Hindi
- German surname
- बीथोवेन bīthoven, बीथोव्हेन bīthovhen
Beethoven in Tamil
- German surname
- பேத்தோவன் pēttōvaṉ
Beethoven in Marathi
- German surname
- बीथोव्हेन bīthovhen, बेथोव्हेन bethovhen
Beethoven in Urdu
- German surname
- بیتھوون bethvon
More languagesFewer languages
- Beethoven in Bengali
- বেটোফেন beṭōphen, বেইটোভেন beiṭōbhen
- Beethoven in Telugu
- బీథోవెన్ bīthōven
- Beethoven in Malayalam
- ബീഥോവൻ bīthōvaṉ
- Beethoven in Kannada
- ಬೆಟ್ಹೋವನ್ beṭhōvan
- Beethoven in Punjabi
- ਬੀਥੋਵਨ bīthovan
- Beethoven in Sinhala
- බීතෝවන් bītōwan
- Beethoven in Assamese
- বিটহ'ফন bitoh'phon
- Beethoven in Arabic
- بِيتْهُوفَن bīthūfan
- Beethoven in Persian
- بتهوون bethôvon, بیتهوفِن bêthôfen
- Beethoven in Thai
- เบโทเฟน bee-too-feen
- Beethoven in Vietnamese
- Bét-thô-ven, Bối Đa Phần
- Beethoven in Myanmar
- ဘီသိုဗင် bhisuibang
Origin of Beethoven
Borrowed from German Beethoven, which is itself of Dutch origin.
Words formed from Beethoven
Words that rhyme with Beethoven
Questions about Beethoven
- What does Beethoven mean?
- Beethoven means a surname from German [in turn from Dutch], usually applying to Ludwig van Beethoven.
- What is Beethoven in Hindi?
- Beethoven in Hindi is बीथोवेन (bīthoven), बीथोव्हेन (bīthovhen). See Beethoven meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Beethoven?
- Beethoven is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Beethoven?
- Beethoven is pronounced /ˈbeɪˌtəʊvən/ (UK).
Words near Beethoven in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Beethoven (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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