Blatt

== Alemannic German == === Etymology === From Middle High German blat, plat, from Old High German blat, from Proto-West Germanic *blad, from Proto-Germanic *bladą. Cognate with German Blatt, Dutch blad, English blade, Icelandic blað, Swedish blad. === Noun === Blatt n (plural Bletter, diminutive Blettli) (botany) leaf (card games) card == Central Franconian == === Alternative forms === Blat (Moselle Franconian) === Etymology === From Old High German blad, northern variant of blat. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /blat/ === Noun === Blatt n (plural Bläder or Blader, diminutive Blättche) (Ripuarian) leaf ==== Descendants ==== Hunsrik: Blaat Luxembourgish: Blat == German == === Etymology === From Middle High German blat, plat, from Old High German blat, from Proto-West Germanic *blad (“leaf”), from Proto-Germanic *bladą (“leaf”); akin to Low German Blatt, Dutch blad, English blade, Danish and Swedish blad. Indo-European cognates include Ancient Greek φύλλον (phúllon), Latin folium. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /blat/, [blät] Rhymes: -at === Noun === Blatt n (strong, genitive Blattes or Blatts, plural Blätter, diminutive Blättchen n or Blättlein n) (botany) leaf (green and flat organ of a plant) (botany) petal (one of the parts of the whorl of a flower) sheet, piece of paper (piece of paper (usually rectangular) that has not been cut, torn, or folded) sheet (full sheet of paper in a newspaper or similar periodical, representing four pages) hand, cards (set of cards held by a player) (colloquial) paper, newspaper (publication containing news and other articles) (colloquial, sometimes derogatory) magazine (a printed and published informative periodical) blade (flat functional end of an oar, rudder, propeller, etc.) blade (sharp cutting edge of a saw or other tool) Sägeblatt ― saw blade thin plate; foil (very thin sheet of metal) Blattgold ― gold foil ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (petal): Blütenblatt n, Blumenblatt n (page): Seite f (sheet of paper): Bogen m, Papier n (newspaper): Zeitung f (periodical, magazine): Magazin n, Zeitschrift f (the blade of an oar): Ruderblatt n (the sharp end of a tool): Klinge f (foil, plate): Geblätte n, Folie f ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== See also ==== blühen Blüte Blume Borke Zweig Ast Laub Nadel === Further reading === “Blatt” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “Blatt” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “Blatt” in Duden online Blatt on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de == German Low German == === Etymology === From Middle Low German blat, from Old Saxon blad, from Proto-West Germanic *blad, from Proto-Germanic *bladą. Akin to German Blatt, Dutch blad, Dutch Low Saxon blad, English blade. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈblat/ === Noun === Blatt f (plural Blööd or Blääd or Bläder) (botany) a leaf; the organ of a plant or tree (botany) the petal of a flower or blossom a page in a book or magazine a sheet of paper the cards of a card game (colloquial) the newspapers the blade of an oar the functioning part of a saw and other tool Saagblatt ― saw blade a thin plate or foil; not necessarily paper; can also be made out of aluminium, copper or other metal Blattgold ― gold foil ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== Bloom f blöhen Blööt f == Pennsylvania German == === Etymology === From Rhine Franconian Blaat, from Middle High German blat, from Old High German blat. Compare German Blatt, Dutch blad, English blade. === Noun === Blatt n (plural Bledder) leaf blade page