blau

== Bavarian == === Etymology === Cognate with German blau. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /b̥laʊ̯/ === Adjective === blau blue (color/colour) ==== See also ==== == Catalan == === Etymology === Inherited from Late Latin blāvus, from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈblaw] Rhymes: -aw === Adjective === blau (feminine blava, masculine plural blaus, feminine plural blaves) blue (color/colour) === Noun === blau m (plural blaus) blue bruise === Related terms === === See also === === Further reading === “blau”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “blau”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “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 == === Alternative forms === blauw (obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle High German blā (genitive blāwes), from Old High German blāo, from Proto-West Germanic *blāu, from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /blaʊ̯/ Rhymes: -aʊ̯ === Adjective === blau (strong nominative masculine singular blauer, comparative blauer, superlative am blauesten or am blausten) blue (color/colour) (colloquial) drunk Synonym: betrunken bruised blauer Fleck ― bruise (literally, “blue spot”) blaues Auge ― black eye (cooking) poached without being descaled ==== Usage notes ==== When used in the culinary sense it is placed after the noun, for example Forelle blau, Karpfen blau. ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === See also === === Further reading === “blau” in Duden online “blau” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache == Hunsrik == === Alternative forms === blo plau (Wiesemann spelling) === Etymology === From Middle High German blā, blāwes, from Old High German blāo, from Proto-West Germanic *blāu, from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈplaʊ̯/ Rhymes: -aʊ̯ Syllabification: blau === Adjective === blau (comparative blauer, superlative blauest) blue ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== === See also === === References === André Kuster-Cid, Eduardo Fausto Kuster Cid (2018), “azul”, in Dicionário renano-hunsrik: português (in Portuguese), Vitória: Cousa, →ISBN, page 29, column 2 Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “blau”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 26, column 1 == Interlingua == === Adjective === blau blue (color/colour) ==== See also ==== == Middle Dutch == === Etymology === From Old Dutch *blāo, from Proto-West Germanic *blāu, from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /blaːu/, /blau/ === Adjective === blau blue (color/colour) ==== Inflection ==== This adjective needs an inflection-table template. ==== Alternative forms ==== blâ blâeu ==== Descendants ==== Dutch: blauw, blouw (misspelling), blaauw (before 1864)Afrikaans: blouBerbice Creole Dutch: blauJersey Dutch: blāuNegerhollands: blauw, blou, blauPetjo: blaoe, blauw, blauwe→ Lokono: barautho→ Caribbean Hindustani: bláu→ Indonesian: belau→ Papiamentu: blou, blaauw→ Sranan Tongo: blawAukan: baaw→ Caribbean Javanese: blau→ Saramaccan: baáu→ Warao: hebulau, jeburau Limburgish: blów === Noun === blau n blue (color/colour) ==== Inflection ==== This noun needs an inflection-table template. ==== Alternative forms ==== blâeu === Further reading === “blau (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000 Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “blau”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN == Occitan == === Etymology === From Late Latin blāvus, from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz. === Pronunciation === === Adjective === blau m (feminine singular blava, masculine plural blaus, feminine plural blavas) blue (color/colour) === Noun === blau m (plural blaus) blue (color/colour) == Romansch == === Alternative forms === blo (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) blov (Puter) === Etymology === From Late Latin blāvus, from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz. === Adjective === blau m (feminine singular blaua, masculine plural blaus, feminine plural blauas) (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 === IPA(key): /blaːu̯/ Hyphenation: blau Rhymes: -aːu̯ === Adjective === blau (masculine blauen, feminine, plural or definite blaue, comparative blauer, superlative blaust) 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, from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /blɔˑu̯/ (Schiermonnikoog, Terschelling, Hindeloopen) IPA(key): [blaːu̯] Rhymes: -ɔˑu̯ Hyphenation: blau === Adjective === blau blue (having the blue color) slate-colored ==== Inflection ==== === Noun === blau n (plural blauwen) (countable) blue (one of the seven primary colors, lying in the spectrum between green and indigo) (countable) blue dye, blue paint (uncountable) blue clothes, blue fabric (countable) romantic rejection Synonyms: blauke, blautsje === See also === === References === “blau” at Frysker “blau”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011