blau

Meaning

  1. blue (color/colour)
  2. (colloquial) drunk
  3. bruised

Frequency

B2
Dialects

Appenzell Ausserrhoden

Appenzell Ausserrhoden

blau

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

bliemerant

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

gnätschblau

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/blaʊ̯/
Etymology

From Middle High German blā (genitive blāwes), from Old High German blāo, from Proto-West Germanic *blāu, from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz.

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