"Blau" meaning in German

See Blau in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [blaʊ̯] Audio: De-blau.ogg , De-at-blau.ogg
Rhymes: -aʊ̯ Etymology: From the adjective blau (“blue”). Head templates: {{de-noun|n,s,-:s}} Blau n (strong, genitive Blaus, plural Blau or Blaus) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|n,s,-:s}} Forms: Blaus [genitive], Blau [plural], Blaus [plural], strong [table-tags], Blau [nominative, singular], Blau [definite, nominative, plural], Blaus [definite, nominative, plural], Blaus [genitive, singular], Blau [definite, genitive, plural], Blaus [definite, genitive, plural], Blau [dative, singular], Blau [dative, definite, plural], Blaus [dative, definite, plural], Blau [accusative, singular], Blau [accusative, definite, plural], Blaus [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. (uncountable) the colour blue (as a whole) Tags: neuter, strong, uncountable
    Sense id: en-Blau-de-noun-x8vQlRSw Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 57 3 34 4 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 61 4 26 4 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 66 2 27 2 2
  2. (countable) a particular tone of blue Tags: countable, neuter, strong
    Sense id: en-Blau-de-noun-gIzFIQfP
  3. (countable) a particular tone of blue
    (heraldry) azure; blue in heraldry
    Tags: countable, neuter, strong
    Sense id: en-Blau-de-noun-VkmNkZIL Categories (other): Heraldry, Blues Disambiguation of Blues: 22 21 28 15 15 Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics
  4. (generally uncountable) a vast blue area, especially:
    the sky
    Tags: neuter, strong
    Sense id: en-Blau-de-noun-QTIkuL0o
  5. (generally uncountable) a vast blue area, especially:
    the sea
    Tags: neuter, strong
    Sense id: en-Blau-de-noun-cN9PAjJP
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: Weiß, Grau, Schwarz, Rot (alt: Purpur), Orange, Braun, Gelb, Creme, Ocker, Grün (Hellgrün, Neongrün), Grün (Dunkelgrün), Türkis (Cyan, Meeresgrün), Lila, Violett (alt: Blasslila, Altrosa), Violett (english: Magenta, Purpur), Rosa, Pink

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "From the adjective blau (“blue”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Blaus",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Blau",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Blaus",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Blau",
      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "Blau",
      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Blaus",
      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "Blaus",
      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Blau",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Blaus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Blau",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Blau",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Blaus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Blau",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Blau",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Blaus",
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        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "args": {
        "1": "n,s,-:s"
      },
      "expansion": "Blau n (strong, genitive Blaus, plural Blau or Blaus)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "Blau"
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n,s,-:s"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Weiß"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Grau"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Schwarz"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "alt": "Purpur",
      "word": "Rot"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Orange"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Braun"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Gelb"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Creme"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Ocker"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "Hellgrün, Neongrün",
      "word": "Grün"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "Dunkelgrün",
      "word": "Grün"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "Cyan, Meeresgrün",
      "word": "Türkis"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Lila"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "alt": "Blasslila, Altrosa",
      "word": "Violett"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "Magenta, Purpur",
      "word": "Violett"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Rosa"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Pink"
    }
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
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        },
        {
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "66 2 27 2 2",
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      ],
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        "the colour blue (as a whole)"
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      "links": [
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        "(uncountable) the colour blue (as a whole)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "strong",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "a particular tone of blue"
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      "id": "en-Blau-de-noun-gIzFIQfP",
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        "(countable) a particular tone of blue"
      ],
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        "neuter",
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      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "Heraldry",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "22 21 28 15 15",
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          "parents": [],
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        }
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        "a particular tone of blue",
        "azure; blue in heraldry"
      ],
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        ],
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          "azure"
        ]
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        "(countable) a particular tone of blue",
        "(heraldry) azure; blue in heraldry"
      ],
      "tags": [
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        "strong"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "heraldry",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "monarchy",
        "nobility",
        "politics"
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "english": "We’re racing through the wide blue at 1000 km/h.",
          "text": "Wir jagen mit tausend Sachen durch das weite Blau.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a vast blue area, especially:",
        "the sky"
      ],
      "id": "en-Blau-de-noun-QTIkuL0o",
      "links": [
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          "sky"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "generally uncountable",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(generally uncountable) a vast blue area, especially:",
        "the sky"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "a vast blue area, especially:",
        "the sea"
      ],
      "id": "en-Blau-de-noun-cN9PAjJP",
      "links": [
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          "sea"
        ]
      ],
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(generally uncountable) a vast blue area, especially:",
        "the sea"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[blaʊ̯]"
    },
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      "audio": "De-blau.ogg",
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    },
    {
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aʊ̯"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Blau"
}
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    "German lemmas",
    "German neuter nouns",
    "German nouns",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:German/aʊ̯",
    "Rhymes:German/aʊ̯/1 syllable",
    "de:Blues"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From the adjective blau (“blue”).",
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      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Blau",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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      ]
    },
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      ]
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "Blau",
      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
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    },
    {
      "form": "Blau",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Blaus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
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    },
    {
      "form": "Blaus",
      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Blau",
      "source": "declension",
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        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Blaus",
      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Blau",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Blau",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Blaus",
      "source": "declension",
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        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Blau",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Blau",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Blaus",
      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
      "expansion": "Blau n (strong, genitive Blaus, plural Blau or Blaus)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "Blau"
  ],
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "Weiß"
    },
    {
      "word": "Grau"
    },
    {
      "word": "Schwarz"
    },
    {
      "alt": "Purpur",
      "word": "Rot"
    },
    {
      "word": "Orange"
    },
    {
      "word": "Braun"
    },
    {
      "word": "Gelb"
    },
    {
      "word": "Creme"
    },
    {
      "word": "Ocker"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Hellgrün, Neongrün",
      "word": "Grün"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Dunkelgrün",
      "word": "Grün"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Cyan, Meeresgrün",
      "word": "Türkis"
    },
    {
      "word": "Lila"
    },
    {
      "alt": "Blasslila, Altrosa",
      "word": "Violett"
    },
    {
      "english": "Magenta, Purpur",
      "word": "Violett"
    },
    {
      "word": "Rosa"
    },
    {
      "word": "Pink"
    }
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        "German uncountable nouns"
      ],
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        "the colour blue (as a whole)"
      ],
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        ]
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        "(uncountable) the colour blue (as a whole)"
      ],
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        "neuter",
        "strong",
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      ]
    },
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        "a particular tone of blue"
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "neuter",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
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      ],
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        ],
        [
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        ]
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        "(countable) a particular tone of blue",
        "(heraldry) azure; blue in heraldry"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "neuter",
        "strong"
      ],
      "topics": [
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        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "monarchy",
        "nobility",
        "politics"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
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        "German uncountable nouns"
      ],
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        {
          "english": "We’re racing through the wide blue at 1000 km/h.",
          "text": "Wir jagen mit tausend Sachen durch das weite Blau.",
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        }
      ],
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        "a vast blue area, especially:",
        "the sky"
      ],
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      ],
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        "the sky"
      ],
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        "neuter",
        "strong"
      ]
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        "a vast blue area, especially:",
        "the sea"
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          "sea"
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        "(generally uncountable) a vast blue area, especially:",
        "the sea"
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        "neuter",
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  ],
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  ],
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}

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