Katakana word

ベーbēトーtōヴェveンn “Beethoven” in Japanese

bētōven

Character by character

  1. ベbe
  2. ーstretches the sound before it
  3. トto
  4. ーstretches the sound before it
  5. ヴェve
  6. ンn

ベートーヴェン is made of 4 katakana sounds and 2 long-vowel marks. It reads bētōven.

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