blau
- blue (color/colour)
- (colloquial) drunk
- bruised
Frequency
Dialects
Appenzell Ausserrhoden
blau
Basel-Landschaft
bliemerant
Basel-Landschaft
gnätschblau
Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch
Pronounced as (IPA)
/blaʊ̯/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle High German blā (genitive blāwes), from Old High German blāo, from Proto-West Germanic *blāu, from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz.
Related words
ash-gray
in one’s cups
elephant’s trunk
stockbetrunken
bezecht
indigo
unter Alkohol
schwarzblau
im Rausch
ultramarinblau
stoned
azur
hackevoll
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