Blatt

Meaning

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

Gender

Neuter

Pronounced as (IPA)

/blat/

Etymology

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.