blau

Cognate with German blau.

• IPA^(key): /b̥laʊ̯/

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blau

1. blue (color/colour)

Colors in Bavarian · Foarbm (layout · text)

weiß	grau	schwoarz
roud/rood	oransch/orange; braun	gejb/gölb/gööb
	grea/grean
	blau	blau
lila, violett	lila	rosa

Inherited from Late Latin blāvus, from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈblaw]

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• Rhymes: -aw

blau (feminine blava, masculine plural blaus, feminine plural blaves)

1. blue (color/colour)

blau m (plural blaus)

1. blue
2. bruise

Colors in Catalan · colors (layout · text)

blanc	gris	negre
roig, vermell; carmesí	taronja; marró	groc; crema
verd llima	verd
cian; xarxet	atzur	blau
violat; indi	magenta; lila, porpra	rosa

• “blau” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “blau”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “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.

From Middle High German blā (genitive blāwes), from Old High German blāo, from Proto-West Germanic *blāu, from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz.

• IPA^(key): /blaʊ̯/
• Rhymes: -aʊ̯

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blau (strong nominative masculine singular blauer, comparative blauer, superlative am blauesten or am blausten)

1. blue (color/colour)
2. (colloquial) drunk

   Synonym: betrunken

   • 1975, “Marion aus Pinneberg”, performed by Marius Müller-Westernhagen:

     Wochenende, kleines Glück / Montag in den Trott zurück / Wochenende, große Schau / Man, Du bist schon reichlich blau

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3. bruised

   blauer Fleck ― bruise (literally, “blue spot”)

   blaues Auge ― black eye

Colors in German · Farben (layout · text)

Weiß	Grau	Schwarz
Rot (Purpur)	Orange; Braun	Gelb; Creme, Ocker
Grün (Hellgrün, Neongrün)	Grün (Dunkelgrün)
Türkis (Cyan, Meeresgrün)	Blau (Hellblau, Azurblau)	Blau (Dunkelblau)
Lila, Violett (Blasslila, Altrosa)	Lila, Violett (Magenta, Purpur)	Rosa; Pink

• “blau” in Duden online
• “blau” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

• plau (Wiesemann spelling system)
• blo

From Middle High German blā, blāwes, from Old High German blāo, from Proto-West Germanic *blāu, from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz.

• IPA^(key): /plaʊ̯/

blau (comparative blauer, superlative blauest)

1. blue (color/colour)

   Blaue Aue.

   Blue eyes.

Declension of blau (see also Appendix:Hunsrik adjectives)
		masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
Weak inflection	nominative	blau	blau	blau	blaue
	accusative	blaue	blau	blau	blaue
	dative	blaue	blaue	blaue	blaue
Strong inflection	nominative	blauer	blaue	blaues	blaue
	accusative	blaue	blaue	blaues	blaue
	dative	blauem	blauer	blauem	blaue

Colors in Hunsrik · Forrve (layout · text)

Weis	Grau	Schwarz
Rod	Ranschegelleb; Braun	Gelleb, Geel
Grien (Hellgrien), (Neongrien)	Grien (Dunkelgrien)	Menz
Meergrien	Blau (Hellblau)	Blau (Dunkelblau)
Feilche	Rosch, Lila	Roserod

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

blau

1. blue (color/colour)

Colors in Interlingua · colores (layout · text)

blanc, albe	gris	nigre
rubie	orange; brun	jalne; crema
verde lima	verde	verde mentha, acquamarine
cyano	azure	blau
violette; indigo	magenta; purpure	rosate

From Old Dutch *blāo, from Proto-West Germanic *blāu, from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz.

• IPA^(key): /blaːu/, /blau/

blau

1. blue (color/colour)

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

• blâ
• blâeu

• Dutch: blauw, blaauw (before 1864)
  • Afrikaans: blou
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: blau
  • Jersey Dutch: blāu
  • Negerhollands: blauw, blou, blau
  • Petjo: blaoe, blauw, blauwe
  • → Lokono: barautho
  • → Caribbean Hindustani: bláu
  • → Indonesian: belau
  • → Papiamentu: blou, blaauw
  • → Sranan Tongo: blaw
    • Aukan: baaw
    • → Caribbean Javanese: blau
    • → Saramaccan: baáu
  • → Warao: hebulau, jeburau
• Limburgish: blów

blau n

1. blue (color/colour)

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• blâeu

• “blau (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “blau”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

From Late Latin blāvus, from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz.

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blau m (feminine singular blava, masculine plural blaus, feminine plural blavas)

1. blue (color/colour)

blau m (plural blaus)

1. blue (color/colour)

• blo (Sutsilvan, Surmiran)
• blov (Puter)

From Late Latin blāvus, from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz.

blau m (feminine singular blaua, masculine plural blaus, feminine plural blauas)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Vallader) blue (color/colour)

From Old Frisian blāu, from Proto-West Germanic *blāu. Cognates include German blau and West Frisian blau.

• IPA^(key): /blaːu̯/
• Hyphenation: blau
• Rhymes: -aːu̯

blau (masculine blauen, feminine, plural or definite blaue, comparative blauer, superlative blaust)

1. blue (color/colour)

• Marron C. Fort (2015) “blau”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN

From Old Frisian blāu, from Proto-West Germanic *blāu.

• IPA^(key): /blɔu̯/

blau

1. blue (color/colour)

Inflection of blau
uninflected	blau
inflected	blauwe
comparative	blauwer
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		blau	blauwer	it blaust it blauste
indefinite	c. sing.	blauwe	blauwere	blauste
	n. sing.	blau	blauwer	blauste
	plural	blauwe	blauwere	blauste
definite		blauwe	blauwere	blauste
partitive		blaus	blauwers	—

• “blau”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

blau n (plural [please provide])

1. blue (color/colour)

Colors in West Frisian · kleuren (layout · text)

wyt	griis	swart
read	oranje; brún	giel
	grien
blaugrien		blau
fiolet	pears	rôze

• “blau”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011