Beethoven

[ bey-toh-vuh n; German beyt-hoh-fuh n ]

/ ˈbeɪ toʊ vən; German ˈbeɪt hoʊ fən /

noun

Ludwig van

[van; German fuh n] /væn; German fən/,1770–1827, German composer.

OTHER WORDS FROM Beethoven

Bee·tho·vi·an

[bey-toh-vee-uh n] /beɪˈtoʊ vi ən/, Bee·tho·ve·ni·an

[bey-toh-vee-nee-uh n, -veen-yuh n] /ˌbeɪ toʊˈvi ni ən, -ˈvin yən/, adjective

Example sentences from the Web for beethoven

The comparison is not grotesque, since Samuragochi is, like Beethoven, deaf.

Japan’s Beloved Deaf Composer is Neither Deaf Nor a Composer |Jimmy So |February 13, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
It was Beethoven who once fired his housekeeper for telling a lie.

Japan’s Beloved Deaf Composer is Neither Deaf Nor a Composer |Jimmy So |February 13, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
But for all his self-absorption, the Japanese Beethoven ought to have learned from his German counterpart in another manner.

Japan’s Beloved Deaf Composer is Neither Deaf Nor a Composer |Jimmy So |February 13, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Beethoven, of course, was no stranger to megalomania, and he even loved to brag to his friends about his vanity.

Japan’s Beloved Deaf Composer is Neither Deaf Nor a Composer |Jimmy So |February 13, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

Finally Beethoven lost patience and ‘put an end to her importunities with a smart box on the ear’.

Beethoven in Love: The Woman Who Captivated the Young Composer |John Suchet |January 26, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Beethoven was firm in his determination to keep faith with his subscribers.

The Life of Ludwig van Beethoven, Volume III (of 3) |Alexander Wheelock Thayer
Neefe did not, as was said of Beethoven's father, punish the little boy severely to keep him at his practice, hour after hour.

Beethoven |Thomas Tapper
The latter type would be as impossible among barbarians as an Aristotle or a Beethoven.

The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2) |John Fiske.
The time had come for Beethoven to take his nephew from the home and institute of the Giannatasios.

The Life of Ludwig van Beethoven, Volume II (of 3) |Alexander Wheelock Thayer
Then the text of Dragomira is referred to, concerning which Beethoven seems to have asked.

The Life of Ludwig van Beethoven, Volume III (of 3) |Alexander Wheelock Thayer

British Dictionary definitions for beethoven

Beethoven

/ (ˈbeɪtˌhəʊvən) /

noun

Ludwig van (ˈluːtvɪç fan). 1770–1827, German composer, who greatly extended the form and scope of symphonic and chamber music, bridging the classical and romantic traditions. His works include nine symphonies, 32 piano sonatas, 16 string quartets, five piano concertos, a violin concerto, two masses, the opera Fidelio (1805), and choral music

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