white

Bedeutung (Englisch)

Adj

1. Bright and colourless; reflecting equal quantities of all frequencies of visible light.
2. (capitalized, sometimes) Of or relating to Europeans or those of European descent, regardless if their skin has cool or warm undertones.
3. (capitalized, sometimes) Of or relating to Caucasians (people with white complexion and European ancestry).
4. (capitalized, sometimes) By U.S. Census Bureau definition, of or relating to people hailing from Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East.
5. (historical) Designated for use by Caucasians.
6. Relatively light or pale in colour.
7. Pale or pallid, as from fear, illness, etc.
8. Lacking coloration (tan) from ultraviolet light; not tanned.
9. Affected by leucism.
10. Containing cream, milk, or creamer.
11. The standard denomination of the playing pieces of a board game deemed to belong to the white set, no matter what the actual colour.
12. Pertaining to an ecclesiastical order whose adherents dress in white habits; Cistercian.
13. (offensive, often, uncommon) Honourable, fair, decent, kind; generous.
14. Grey, as from old age; having silvery hair; hoary.
15. (archaic) Characterized by freedom from that which disturbs, and the like; fortunate; happy; favourable.
16. (obsolete) Regarded with especial favour; favourite; darling.
17. Pertaining to constitutional or anti-revolutionary political parties or movements.
18. Made from immature leaves and shoots.
19. Not containing characters; see white space.
20. Said of a symbol or character outline, not solid, not filled with color. Compare black (“said of a character or symbol filled with color”).
21. Characterised by the presence of snow.
22. Alwhite, pertaining to white armor.

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) The color of snow or milk; the color of light containing equal amounts of all visible wavelengths.
2. (countable, uncountable) A person of European descent with light-colored skin.
3. (countable, uncountable) Any butterfly of the subfamily Pierinae in the family Pieridae.
4. (countable, uncountable) White wine.
5. (countable, uncountable) White coffee
6. (uncountable) White bread
7. (countable, uncountable) Any object or substance that is of the color white.
8. (countable, uncountable) Any object or substance that is of the color white.
9. (countable, uncountable) Any object or substance that is of the color white.
10. (UK, US, countable, slang, uncountable) Any object or substance that is of the color white.
11. (countable, uncountable) Any object or substance that is of the color white.
12. (countable, uncountable) Any object or substance that is of the color white.
13. (countable, uncountable) Any object or substance that is of the color white.
14. (countable, uncountable) The central part of the butt, which was formerly painted white; the centre of a mark at which a missile is shot.
15. (countable, uncountable) The enclosed part of a letter of the alphabet, especially when handwritten.
16. (countable, uncountable) A feather, from the wing of the cock ostrich, that is of the palest possible shade.
17. (countable, uncountable) The person playing with the white set of pieces.

Verb

To make white; to whiten; to bleach.

Konzepte

weiß

Weiß

weiss

Weißer

Weiße

Eiweiß

Weiss

-

makellos

rein

sauber

Schnee

❄️

Splint

unausgefüllt

unbedruckt

unbeschrieben

unschuldig

😇

leer

Lederhaut

weiße Augenhaut

hellhäutig

Weißling

das Weiß

grau

blank

Bachstelze

weißer

Splintholz

Kohlweißling

weiße Haut

weißer Teint

das Weiße

weiße

das Weiße -n

Eiweiß -es

Saftholz

weiss

Gegenteil von

black, nonwhite, unwhite, tanned

Synonyme

Caucasian

bright

pale

blank

clear

light

clean

pure

ashen

egg white

European

hoary

whiteness

light-colored

snowy

grey

whiten

be white

colourless

whitened

white-hot

albumen

light-coloured

pallid

White

become white

light grey

blanched

alburnum

white man

flannel

make white

clay

simple

tweed

paint

ovalbumin

unstained

lily-white

livid

ofay

bloodless

fair

silvery

gabardine

fine thing

gray

innocent

😇

off-white

wan

Übersetzungen

blanc

blanco

bianco

wit

branco

beyaz

albus

blanc

blanche

ak

spî

λευκός

candidus

άσπρος

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/waɪt/

Etymologie (Englisch)

Geerbt von Mittelenglisch: whit

Geerbt von Altenglisch: hwīt

Verwandt mit Westfriesisch: wyt

Verwandt mit Niederländisch: wit

Verwandt mit Deutsch: weiß

Verwandt mit Deutsch: weiss

Verwandt mit Norwegisch (Bokmål): hvit

Verwandt mit Norwegisch (Nynorsk): kvit

Verwandt mit Litauisch: šviẽsti

Verwandt mit Kirchenslawisch: свѣтъ

Verwandt mit Persisch: سفید

Verwandt mit Avestisch: 𐬯𐬞𐬀𐬉𐬙𐬀

Verwandt mit Sanskrit: श्वेत

In summary

Inherited from Middle English whit, hwit, from Old English hwīt, from Proto-West Germanic *hwīt, from Proto-Germanic *hwītaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱweydós, a byform of *ḱweytós (“bright; shine”).
Cognates
* West Frisian wyt
*Dutch wit
* German weiß
* German weiss
* Norwegian Bokmål hvit
* Norwegian Nynorsk kvit
* Lithuanian šviẽsti (“to gleam”), šviesa (“light”)
* Old Church Slavonic свѣтъ (světŭ, “light”), свѣтьлъ (světĭlŭ, “clear, bright”)
* Persian سفید (sefid, “white”), Persian سپید (sepid, “white”)
* Avestan 𐬯𐬞𐬀𐬉𐬙𐬀 (spaēta, “white”)
* Sanskrit श्वेत (śvetá, “white, bright”).

Sätze

The colors of the club are green and white .

Young girl wearing white holding colorful paper by her mouth .

Thus , the oven remains " white ", or clean from ash .

So bleibt der Ofen "weiß" oder sauber von Asche.

A woman wearing a white glove peers over the crowd .

A man in a white shirt smokes while giving instruction .

Ein Mann in einem weißen Hemd raucht während der Anweisung.

The gum was packaged in a red , white , and blue color scheme .

Der Kaugummi wurde in einem roten, weißen und blauen Farbschema verpackt.