kreidebleich

Meaning

  1. (not-comparable) white as chalk
  2. (idiomatic, not-comparable) pale, especially pale-faced; white as a sheet

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

gryydeblaich

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Etymology

Kreide (“chalk”) + bleich (“bleak, white”)

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