blau
Bavarian
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editAdjective
editblau
- blue (color/colour)
See also
editweiß | grau | schwoarz |
roud/rood | oransch/orange; braun | gejb/gölb/gööb |
grea/grean | ||
blau | blau | |
lila, violett | lila | rosa |
Catalan
editEtymology
editInherited from Late Latin blāvus, from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈblaw]
Audio (Valencia): (file) Audio (Catalonia): (file) - Rhymes: -aw
Adjective
editblau (feminine blava, masculine plural blaus, feminine plural blaves)
- blue (color/colour)
Noun
editblau m (plural blaus)
Related terms
editSee also
editblanc | gris | negre |
roig, vermell; carmesí | taronja; marró | groc; crema |
verd llima | verd | |
cian; xarxet | atzur | blau |
violat; indi | magenta; lila, porpra | rosa |
Further reading
edit- “blau” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “blau”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “blau” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “blau” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
German
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German blā (genitive blāwes), from Old High German blāo, from Proto-West Germanic *blāu, from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editblau (strong nominative masculine singular blauer, comparative blauer, superlative am blauesten or am blausten)
- blue (color/colour)
- (colloquial) drunk
- Synonym: betrunken
- 1975, “Marion aus Pinneberg”, performed by Marius Müller-Westernhagen:
- Wochenende, kleines Glück / Montag in den Trott zurück / Wochenende, große Schau / Man, Du bist schon reichlich blau
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- bruised
- blauer Fleck ― bruise (literally, “blue spot”)
- blaues Auge ― black eye
Declension
editnumber & gender | singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist blau | sie ist blau | es ist blau | sie sind blau | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | blauer | blaue | blaues | blaue |
genitive | blauen | blauer | blauen | blauer | |
dative | blauem | blauer | blauem | blauen | |
accusative | blauen | blaue | blaues | blaue | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der blaue | die blaue | das blaue | die blauen |
genitive | des blauen | der blauen | des blauen | der blauen | |
dative | dem blauen | der blauen | dem blauen | den blauen | |
accusative | den blauen | die blaue | das blaue | die blauen | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein blauer | eine blaue | ein blaues | (keine) blauen |
genitive | eines blauen | einer blauen | eines blauen | (keiner) blauen | |
dative | einem blauen | einer blauen | einem blauen | (keinen) blauen | |
accusative | einen blauen | eine blaue | ein blaues | (keine) blauen |
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist blauer | sie ist blauer | es ist blauer | sie sind blauer | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | blauerer | blauere | blaueres | blauere |
genitive | blaueren | blauerer | blaueren | blauerer | |
dative | blauerem | blauerer | blauerem | blaueren | |
accusative | blaueren | blauere | blaueres | blauere | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der blauere | die blauere | das blauere | die blaueren |
genitive | des blaueren | der blaueren | des blaueren | der blaueren | |
dative | dem blaueren | der blaueren | dem blaueren | den blaueren | |
accusative | den blaueren | die blauere | das blauere | die blaueren | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein blauerer | eine blauere | ein blaueres | (keine) blaueren |
genitive | eines blaueren | einer blaueren | eines blaueren | (keiner) blaueren | |
dative | einem blaueren | einer blaueren | einem blaueren | (keinen) blaueren | |
accusative | einen blaueren | eine blauere | ein blaueres | (keine) blaueren |
Derived terms
editSee also
editWeiß | 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
editHunsrik
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German blā, blāwes, from Old High German blāo, from Proto-West Germanic *blāu, from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editblau (comparative blauer, superlative blauest)
- blue
- Blaue Aue.
- Blue eyes.
- Alles blau?
- What's up?
- (literally, “All blue?”)
Declension
editDeclension of blau (see also Appendix:Hunsrik adjectives) | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | neuter | plural | ||
Weak inflection | nominative | blau | blau | blau | blaue |
accusative | blaue | blau | blau | blaue | |
dative | blaue | blaue | blaue | blaue | |
Strong inflection | nominative | blauer | blaue | blaues | blaue |
accusative | blaue | blaue | blaues | blaue | |
dative | blauem | blauer | blauem | blaue |
Related terms
editSee also
editWeis | Grau | Schwarz |
Rod | Ranschegelleb; Braun | Gelleb, Geel |
Grien (Hellgrien), (Neongrien) | Grien (Dunkelgrien) | Menz |
Meergrien | Blau (Hellblau) | Blau (Dunkelblau) |
Feilche | Rosch, Lila | Roserod |
References
edit- André Kuster-Cid, Eduardo Fausto Kuster Cid (2018) “azul”, in Dicionário renano-hunsrik: português (in Portuguese), Vitória: Cousa, →ISBN, page 29, column 2
- Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “blau”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 26, column 1
Interlingua
editAdjective
editblau
- blue (color/colour)
See also
editblanc, albe | gris | nigre |
rubie | orange; brun | jalne; crema |
verde lima | verde | verde mentha, acquamarine |
cyano | azure | blau |
violette; indigo | magenta; purpure | rosate |
Middle Dutch
editEtymology
editFrom Old Dutch *blāo, from Proto-West Germanic *blāu, from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editblau
- blue (color/colour)
Inflection
editThis adjective needs an inflection-table template.
Alternative forms
editDescendants
edit- Dutch: blauw, blaauw (before 1864)
- Limburgish: blów
Noun
editblau n
- blue (color/colour)
Inflection
editThis noun needs an inflection-table template.
Alternative forms
editFurther reading
edit- “blau (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “blau”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
Occitan
editEtymology
editFrom Late Latin blāvus, from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz.
Pronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Adjective
editblau m (feminine singular blava, masculine plural blaus, feminine plural blavas)
- blue (color/colour)
Noun
editblau m (plural blaus)
- blue (color/colour)
Romansch
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Late Latin blāvus, from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz.
Adjective
editblau m (feminine singular blaua, masculine plural blaus, feminine plural blauas)
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Vallader) blue (color/colour)
Saterland Frisian
editEtymology
editFrom Old Frisian blāu, from Proto-West Germanic *blāu. Cognates include German blau and West Frisian blau.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editblau (masculine blauen, feminine, plural or definite blaue, comparative blauer, superlative blaust)
- blue (color/colour)
References
editWest Frisian
editEtymology
editFrom Old Frisian blāu, from Proto-West Germanic *blāu.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editblau
- blue (color/colour)
Inflection
editInflection of blau | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
uninflected | blau | |||
inflected | blauwe | |||
comparative | blauwer | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | blau | blauwer | it blaust it blauste | |
indefinite | c. sing. | blauwe | blauwere | blauste |
n. sing. | blau | blauwer | blauste | |
plural | blauwe | blauwere | blauste | |
definite | blauwe | blauwere | blauste | |
partitive | blaus | blauwers | — |
Further reading
edit- “blau”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
Noun
editblau n (plural [please provide])
- blue (color/colour)
See also
editwyt | griis | swart |
read | oranje; brún | giel |
grien | ||
blaugrien | blau | |
fiolet | pears | rôze |
Further reading
edit- “blau”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
- Bavarian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Bavarian terms with audio pronunciation
- Bavarian lemmas
- Bavarian adjectives
- bar:Blues
- bar:Colors of the rainbow
- Catalan terms inherited from Late Latin
- Catalan terms derived from Late Latin
- Catalan terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation
- Catalan terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:Catalan/aw
- Rhymes:Catalan/aw/1 syllable
- Catalan lemmas
- Catalan adjectives
- Catalan nouns
- Catalan countable nouns
- Catalan masculine nouns
- ca:Blues
- ca:Colors of the rainbow
- German terms inherited from Middle High German
- German terms derived from Middle High German
- German terms inherited from Old High German
- German terms derived from Old High German
- German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- German terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- German 1-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:German/aʊ̯
- Rhymes:German/aʊ̯/1 syllable
- German terms with audio pronunciation
- German lemmas
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- German colloquialisms
- German terms with quotations
- German terms with usage examples
- de:Blues
- de:Colors of the rainbow
- Hunsrik terms inherited from Middle High German
- Hunsrik terms derived from Middle High German
- Hunsrik terms inherited from Old High German
- Hunsrik terms derived from Old High German
- Hunsrik terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Hunsrik terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Hunsrik terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Hunsrik terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Hunsrik 1-syllable words
- Hunsrik terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Hunsrik/aʊ̯
- Rhymes:Hunsrik/aʊ̯/1 syllable
- Hunsrik lemmas
- Hunsrik adjectives
- Hunsrik terms with usage examples
- hrx:Blues
- hrx:Colors of the rainbow
- Interlingua lemmas
- Interlingua adjectives
- ia:Blues
- ia:Colors of the rainbow
- Middle Dutch terms inherited from Old Dutch
- Middle Dutch terms derived from Old Dutch
- Middle Dutch terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Middle Dutch terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Middle Dutch terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Middle Dutch terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Middle Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Middle Dutch lemmas
- Middle Dutch adjectives
- Middle Dutch nouns
- Middle Dutch neuter nouns
- dum:Blues
- dum:Colors of the rainbow
- Occitan terms inherited from Late Latin
- Occitan terms derived from Late Latin
- Occitan terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Occitan terms with audio pronunciation
- Occitan lemmas
- Occitan adjectives
- Occitan nouns
- Occitan masculine nouns
- Occitan countable nouns
- oc:Blues
- oc:Colors of the rainbow
- Romansch terms inherited from Late Latin
- Romansch terms derived from Late Latin
- Romansch terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Romansch lemmas
- Romansch adjectives
- Rumantsch Grischun
- Sursilvan Romansch
- Sutsilvan Romansch
- Vallader Romansch
- rm:Blues
- rm:Colors of the rainbow
- Saterland Frisian terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Saterland Frisian terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Saterland Frisian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Saterland Frisian terms inherited from Old Frisian
- Saterland Frisian terms derived from Old Frisian
- Saterland Frisian terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Saterland Frisian terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Saterland Frisian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Saterland Frisian/aːu̯
- Saterland Frisian lemmas
- Saterland Frisian adjectives
- stq:Blues
- stq:Colors of the rainbow
- West Frisian terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- West Frisian terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- West Frisian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- West Frisian terms inherited from Old Frisian
- West Frisian terms derived from Old Frisian
- West Frisian terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- West Frisian terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- West Frisian terms with IPA pronunciation
- West Frisian lemmas
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- West Frisian nouns
- West Frisian neuter nouns
- fy:Blues
- fy:Colors of the rainbow