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blau

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Bavarian

Etymology

Cognate with German blau.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /b̥laʊ̯/
    • Audio:(file)

Adjective

blau

  1. blue (color/colour)

See also

Colors in Bavarian · Foarbm (layout · text)
     weiß      grau      schwoarz
             roud/rood              oransch/orange; braun              gejb/gölb/gööb
                          grea/grean             
                          blau              blau
             lila, violett              lila              rosa
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Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin blāvus, from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz.

Pronunciation

Adjective

blau (feminine blava, masculine plural blaus, feminine plural blaves)

  1. blue (color/colour)

Noun

blau m (plural blaus)

  1. blue
  2. bruise

See also

Colors in Catalan · colors (layout · text)
     blanc      gris      negre
             roig, vermell; carmesí              taronja; marró              groc; crema
             verd llima              verd             
             cian; xarxet              atzur              blau
             violat; indi              magenta; lila, porpra              rosa

Further reading

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German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle High German blā (genitive blāwes), from Old High German blāo, from Proto-West Germanic *blāu, from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz.

Pronunciation

Adjective

blau (strong nominative masculine singular blauer, comparative blauer, superlative am blauesten or am blausten)

  1. blue (color/colour)
  2. (colloquial) drunk
    Synonym: betrunken
  3. bruised
    blauer Fleck ― bruise (literally, “blue spot”)
    blaues Auge ― black eye
  4. (cooking) poached without being descaled

Usage notes

When used in the culinary sense it is placed after the noun, for example Forelle blau, Karpfen blau.

Declension

Positive forms of blau
More information number & gender, singular ...
Comparative forms of blau
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Superlative forms of blau
More information number & gender, singular ...

Derived terms

See also

Colors in German · Farben (layout · text)
     Weiß      Grau      Schwarz
             Rot (Purpur)              Orange; Braun              Gelb; Creme, Ocker
             Grün (Hellgrün, Neongrün)              Grün (Dunkelgrün)             
             Türkis (Cyan, Meeresgrün)              Blau (Hellblau, Azurblau)              Blau (Dunkelblau)
             Lila, Violett (Blasslila, Altrosa)              Lila, Violett (Magenta, Purpur)              Rosa; Pink

Further reading

  • “blau” in Duden online
  • “blau” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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Hunsrik

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle High German blā, blāwes, from Old High German blāo, from Proto-West Germanic *blāu, from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈplaʊ̯/
  • Rhymes: -aʊ̯
  • Syllabification: blau

Adjective

blau (comparative blauer, superlative blauest)

  1. blue
    Blaue Aue.
    Blue eyes.
    Alles blau?
    What's up?
    (literally, “All blue?”)

Declension

More information singular, plural ...
  • blaulich

See also

Colors in Hunsrik · Forrve (layout · text)
     Weis      Grau      Schwarz
             Rod              Ranschegelleb; Braun              Gelleb, Geel
             Grien (Hellgrien), (Neongrien)              Grien (Dunkelgrien)              Menz
             Meergrien              Blau (Hellblau)              Blau (Dunkelblau)
             Feilche              Rosch, Lila              Roserod

References

  • André Kuster-Cid, Eduardo Fausto Kuster Cid (2018), “azul”, in Dicionário renano-hunsrik: português (in Portuguese), Vitória: Cousa, →ISBN, page 29, column 2
  • Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “blau”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 26, column 1
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Interlingua

Adjective

blau

  1. blue (color/colour)

See also

Colors in Interlingua · colores (layout · text)
     blanc, albe      gris      nigre
             rubie              orange; brun              jalne; crema
             verde lima              verde              verde mentha, acquamarine
             cyano              azure              blau
             violette; indigo              magenta; purpure              rosate
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Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *blāo, from Proto-West Germanic *blāu, from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz.

Pronunciation

Adjective

blau

  1. blue (color/colour)

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative forms

Descendants

  • Dutch: blauw, blouw (misspelling), blaauw (before 1864)
    • Afrikaans: blou
    • Berbice Creole Dutch: blau
    • Jersey Dutch: blāu
    • Negerhollands: blauw, blou, blau
    • Petjo: blaoe, blauw, blauwe
    • → Lokono: barautho
    • → Caribbean Hindustani: bláu
    • → Indonesian: belau
    • → Papiamentu: blou, blaauw
    • → Sranan Tongo: blaw
      • Aukan: baaw
      • → Caribbean Javanese: blau
      • → Saramaccan: baáu
    • → Warao: hebulau, jeburau
  • Limburgish: blów

Noun

blau n

  1. blue (color/colour)

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative forms

Further reading

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Occitan

Etymology

From Late Latin blāvus, from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz.

Pronunciation

Adjective

blau m (feminine singular blava, masculine plural blaus, feminine plural blavas)

  1. blue (color/colour)

Noun

blau m (plural blaus)

  1. blue (color/colour)

Romansch

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Late Latin blāvus, from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz.

Adjective

blau m (feminine singular blaua, masculine plural blaus, feminine plural blauas)

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Vallader) blue (color/colour)

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian blāu, from Proto-West Germanic *blāu. Cognates include German blau and West Frisian blau.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /blaːu̯/
  • Hyphenation: blau
  • Rhymes: -aːu̯

Adjective

blau (masculine blauen, feminine, plural or definite blaue, comparative blauer, superlative blaust)

  1. blue (color/colour)

References

  • Marron C. Fort (2015), “blau”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian blāu, from Proto-West Germanic *blāu, from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz.

Pronunciation

Adjective

blau

  1. blue (having the blue color)
  2. slate-colored

Inflection

More information Inflection of, uninflected ...

Noun

blau n (plural blauwen)

  1. (countable) blue (one of the seven primary colors, lying in the spectrum between green and indigo)
  2. (countable) blue dye, blue paint
  3. (uncountable) blue clothes, blue fabric
  4. (countable) romantic rejection
    Synonyms: blauke, blautsje

See also

Colors in West Frisian · kleuren (layout · text)
     wyt      griis      swart
             read              oranje; brún              giel
                          grien             
             blaugrien                           blau
             fiolet              pears              rôze

References

  • “blau” at Frysker
  • “blau”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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