blau

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Bavarian

Etymology

Cognate with German blau.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /b̥laʊ̯/
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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

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

Related terms

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

German

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 Fleckbruise (literally, “blue spot”)
    blaues Augeblack eye

Declension

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

Hunsrik

Alternative forms

  • plau (Wiesemann spelling system)
  • blo

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Adjective

blau (comparative blauer, superlative blauest)

  1. blue (color/colour)
    Blaue Aue.
    Blue eyes.

Declension

Declension 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

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

Further reading

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

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

Noun

blau n

  1. blue (color/colour)

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative forms

Further reading

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

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.

Pronunciation

Adjective

blau

  1. blue (color/colour)

Inflection

Inflection 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

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

Noun

blau n (plural )

  1. blue (color/colour)

See also

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

Further reading

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