Neuter

Blatt

Meaning

(neuter,strong) leaf (green and flat organ of a plant)
(neuter,strong) petal (one of the parts of the whorl of a flower)
(neuter,strong) sheet, piece of paper (piece of paper (usually rectangular) that has not been cut, torn, or folded)
(neuter,strong) sheet, piece of paper (piece of paper (usually rectangular) that has not been cut, torn, or folded)
(neuter,strong) hand, cards (set of cards held by a player)
(colloquial,neuter,strong) paper, newspaper (publication containing news and other articles)
(colloquial,derogatory,neuter,sometimes,strong) magazine (a printed and published informative periodical)
(neuter,strong) blade (flat functional end of an oar, rudder, propeller, etc.)
(neuter,strong) blade (sharp cutting edge of a saw or other tool)
(neuter,strong) thin plate; foil (very thin sheet of metal)

table top

one thin flat object

one sheet

leaves of trees

conifer needles

tree leaf

Messerklinge

Papierblatt

Blatt Papier

Hobeleisen

Ruderblatt

Postille

Kanzleipapier

Folium

Schmierblatt

Käseblättchen

Laubblatt

Tischblatt

Keim-Blatt

Buchseite

Narrenmütze

Rohrblatt

Frequency

Zürich

blatt

Fribourg

blatt

St. Gallen

bläka

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/blat/

Inherited from Middle High German

Inherited from Old High German

Cognate with Low German

Cognate with Dutch

Cognate with English

Cognate with Danish

Cognate with Swedish

Cognate with Ancient Greek

Cognate with Latin

In summary

From Middle High German blat, plat, from Old High German blat, from Proto-West Germanic *blad (“leaf”), from Proto-Germanic *bladą (“leaf”); akin to Low German Blatt, Dutch blad, English blade, Danish and Swedish blad. Indo-European cognates include Ancient Greek φύλλον (phúllon), Latin folium.

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