blau
German (Berlin)
/blaʊ̯/
adj
Definitions
- blue
- drunk
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German blā inherited from Old High German blāo (blue, dark, grey, yellow) inherited from *blāu inherited from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz (blue, dark blue, yellowish-gray, black, grey, dark, gray).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*blēwaz
Gloss
blue, dark blue, yellowish-gray, black, grey, dark, gray
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
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Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Blu-ray English
- Blue Crown English
- Bluebeard English
- Bluegown English
- Blueshirt English
- Bluetooth English
- Bluey English
- Chinese blue English
- Egyptian blue English
- Han blue English
- antiblue English
- blue English
- blue screen English
- blue state English
- blue-collar English
- blue-gray English
- blue-green English
- blue-grey English
- blue-pencil English
- blue-red English
- blue-ringed octopus English
- blueback English
- bluebeat English
- bluebell English
- bluebelly English
- blueberry English
- bluebill English
- bluebird English
- bluebook English
- bluebottle English
- bluebreast English
- bluebunch English
- bluecap English
- bluecoat English
- bluecurls English
- bluefaced English
- bluefin English
- bluefish English
- bluegill English
- bluegrass English
- bluehair English
- bluehead English
- blueish English
- blueism English
- bluejacket English
- blueline English
- blueliner English
- bluely English
- bluen English
- blueness English
- bluenose English
- blueprint English
- blueschist English
- bluescreen English
- blueshift English
- bluestar English
- bluestem English
- bluestockinged English
- bluestone English
- bluestripe English
- bluetail English
- blueth English
- bluethroat English
- bluetongue English
- blueward English
- bluewards English
- bluewash English
- bluewater English
- blueway English
- blueweed English
- bluewing English
- bluey English
- bluing English
- bluish English
- deep blue sea English
- gray-blue English
- grey-blue English
- monoblue English
- nonblue English
- plushblue English
- reblue English
- unblue English
- wine-blue English
- wineblue English
- *blāvus, *blavus Latin
- blavus Latin
- blāvus Latin
- merula Latin
- Alge German
- Aquamarin German
- Auge German
- Azur German
- Beere German
- Blaualge German
- Blaubeere German
- Blaubussard German
- Blaufichte German
- Blaufränkisch German
- Blaukehlchen German
- Blaukohl German
- Blaumann German
- Blaumeise German
- Blaumerle German
- Blaupause German
- Blauschimmel German
- Blauschimmelkäse German
- Blauwal German
- Bläue German
- Bussard German
- Fichte German
- Himmel German
- Himmelsbläue German
- Kehle German
- Kohl German
- Kornblume German
- König German
- Mann German
- Meise German
- Merle German
- Mitternacht German
- Pause German
- Saphir German
- Schimmel German
- Stahl German
- Taube German
- Wal German
- altblau German
- aquamarinblau German
- azurblau German
- blau machen German
- blaugrau German
- blaugrün German
- blaumachen German
- blaurot German
- blauschwarz German
- blauviolett German
- blauäugig German
- bleu German
- bläuen German
- bläulich German
- de German
- dunkel German
- dunkelblau German
- einbläuen German
- fahl German
- fahlblau German
- fränkisch German
- grau German
- graublau German
- grün German
- grünblau German
- hell German
- hellblau German
- himmelblau German
- kornblumenblau German
- königsblau German
- la German
- machen German
- merula German
- mitternachtsblau German
- rot German
- rotblau German
- saphirblau German
- schwarz German
- stahlblau German
- taubenblau German
- tief German
- tiefblau German
- violett German
- blu Italian
- bleuke Dutch, Flemish
- antibleu French
- bleu French
- bleuet French
- bleusaille French
- bleuâtre French
- blao Spanish, Castilian
- *bʰl(e)h₁uos Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰleh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰleh₁-wos Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰléh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰlēw- Proto-Indo-European
- *blēwaz Proto-Germanic
- ブルー Japanese
- blaw Old English
- blewe Middle English
- blá Old Norse
- blár Old Norse
- bleve, blou Old French
- blöe, bloe Old French
- blau Catalan, Valencian
- bleu Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- μπλε Greek (modern)
- blao Old High German
- blāo Old High German
- blāvs Latvian
- blāvums Latvian
- blua Ido
- bláber Faroese
- bládepla Faroese
- blágráur Faroese
- blágrønur Faroese
- blágrýti Faroese
- bláur Faroese
- dimmbláur Faroese
- ljósabláur Faroese
- myrkabláur Faroese
- blā Middle High German
- Blomees Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- blo Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- bleu Middle French
- בלוי Yiddish
- *blāu gmw-pro
- *blāo Old Dutch
- plabe Cimbrian
- blao Old Saxon
- blaaw Alemannic German
- bluu Swahili
- blau Occitan
- blau Romansh
- blo Romansh
- blov Romansh
- *blāu Frankish
- būļu Marshallese
- blāu Old Frisian
- blöv Volapük
- blu Tok Pisin
- blew xno
- ble Haitian, Haitian Creole
- bloh Pennsylvania German
- bloh Central Franconian
- blau Hunsrik
- błöw Vilamovian
- blu Bislama
- bulu Fiji Hindi
- bulo Wolof
- buluug Somali
- bulɛ Nzadi
- de
- la
- Wal
- rot
- Azur
- grau
- Kohl
- grün
- hell
- Alge
- tief
- Mann
- Auge
- bleu
- fahl
- Stahl
- Taube
- Bläue
- König
- Meise
- Pause
- Beere
- Merle
- Kehle
- Himmel
- machen
- dunkel
- bläuen
- Saphir
- merula
- Fichte
- schwarz
- Blauwal
- blaurot
- altblau
- violett
- rotblau
- Bussard
- tiefblau
- Schimmel
- azurblau
- bläulich
- graublau
- blaugrün
- grünblau
- fahlblau
- hellblau
- Blaualge
- Blaukohl
- blaugrau
- Blaumann
- Blaumerle
- blauäugig
- Aquamarin
- einbläuen
- Blaumeise
- Blaubeere
- Kornblume
- stahlblau
- fränkisch
- Blaupause
- saphirblau
- königsblau
- taubenblau
- Blaufichte
- dunkelblau
- blaumachen
- himmelblau
- Blaubussard
- blau machen
- Mitternacht
- blauschwarz
- blauviolett
- Blaukehlchen
- Himmelsbläue
- Blauschimmel
- Blaufränkisch
- aquamarinblau
- kornblumenblau
- mitternachtsblau
- Blauschimmelkäse