Beige

== 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 ==== Noun ==== Beige f (genitive Beige, plural Beigen) (Southern Germany, Switzerland) stack, pile ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== beigen === 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) (uninflected) beige (the color) (inflected) beige thing ===== 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 ===== ===== Related terms ===== beige === References === Beige on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de “Beige (Stoß, Stapel)” in Duden online “Beige (Farbe)” in Duden online “Beige”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “Beige” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon