"Blaupause" meaning in German

See Blaupause in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ˈblaʊ̯ˌpaʊ̯zə] Audio: De-at-Blaupause.ogg , De-Blaupause.ogg
Etymology: From blau (“blue”) + Pause (“tracing”), a calque of English blueprint. Etymology templates: {{compound|de|blau|Pause|t1=blue|t2=tracing}} blau (“blue”) + Pause (“tracing”), {{calque|de|en|blueprint|nocap=1}} calque of English blueprint Head templates: {{de-noun|f}} Blaupause f (genitive Blaupause, plural Blaupausen) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|f}} Forms: Blaupause [genitive], Blaupausen [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], Blaupause [nominative, singular], Blaupausen [definite, nominative, plural], Blaupause [genitive, singular], Blaupausen [definite, genitive, plural], Blaupause [dative, singular], Blaupausen [dative, definite, plural], Blaupause [accusative, singular], Blaupausen [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. blueprint Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-Blaupause-de-noun-sezg8~tP
  2. (figurative) model, template Tags: feminine, figuratively Synonyms: Vorlage, Vorbild, Modell
    Sense id: en-Blaupause-de-noun-n~G1eofP Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 29 71 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 31 69 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 88

Inflected forms

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