Beige

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See also: beige and bēigé

German

Etymology 1

From late Middle High German bīge, from Old High German bīga, pīga, further origin uncertain. Cognate with Alemannic German Biigi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbaɪ̯ɡə/
  • Hyphenation: Beige
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Noun

Beige f (genitive Beige, plural Beigen)

  1. (Southern Germany, Switzerland) stack, pile
Declension
Declension of Beige
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Beige die Beigen
genitive einer der Beige der Beigen
dative einer der Beige den Beigen
accusative eine die Beige die Beigen
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French beige.

Pronunciation

  • (uninflected) IPA(key): /beːʃ/, /bɛːʃ/
  • (inflected) IPA(key): /beːʒə/, /bɛːʒə/, /beːʃə/, /bɛːʃə/
  • Rhymes: -eːʃə
  • Rhymes: -ɛːʃ

Noun

Beige n (strong, genitive Beige, plural Beiges or Beige)

  1. (uninflected) beige (the color)
    Wer würde schon Beige als seine Lieblingsfarbe bezeichnen?
    Who would say that beige is their favourite colour?
  2. (inflected) beige thing
    Wir wohnen in dem weißen Haus. Das Beige gehört meiner Schwester.
    We live in that white house. The beige one is my sister's.
Usage notes

The word Beige has two pronunciations because its basic forms ends in a mute -e. Therefore the inflectional ending -e is not visible in writing.

Declension
Declension of Beige
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Beige die Beiges, Beige
genitive eines des Beige der Beiges, Beige
dative einem dem Beige den Beiges, Beigen
accusative ein das Beige die Beiges, Beige

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