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German
Etymology
Huf (“hoof”) + Schlag (“beat”)
Pronunciation
Noun
Hufschlag m (strong, genitive Hufschlages or Hufschlags, plural Hufschläge)
- hoofbeat
- 1918, Elisabeth von Heyking, Die Orgelpfeifen, in: Zwei Erzählungen, Phillipp Reclam jun. Verlag, page 34–35:
Durch die noch leeren dunklen Straßen hallte der Hufschlag nahender Pferde auf dem feuchten Pflaster, lange ehe etwas von ihnen zu sehen war.- Through the still empty dark streets echoed the hoofbeat of approaching horses on the wet pavement, long before something could be seen of them.
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