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Blatt.

leaf (green and flat organ of a plant)

5 characters1 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

noun/blat/[blät]
  1. leaf (green and flat organ of a plant)

    neuter · strong
  2. leaf (green and flat organ of a plant) petal (one of the parts of the whorl of a flower)

    neuter · strong
  3. sheet, piece of paper (piece of paper (usually rectangular) that has not been cut, torn, or folded)

    neuter · strong
    Auf dem Blatt steht nichts drauf.
  4. sheet, piece of paper (piece of paper (usually rectangular) that has not been cut, torn, or folded) sheet (full sheet of paper in a newspaper or similar periodical, representing four pages)

    neuter · strong
    ein Blatt ist zwei oder vier Seiten
  5. hand, cards (set of cards held by a player)

    neuter · strong
    Zeig mir dein Blatt.
  6. paper, newspaper (publication containing news and other articles)

    colloquial · neuter · strong
    Was ist das denn für ein Käseblatt?!
  7. paper, newspaper (publication containing news and other articles) magazine (a printed and published informative periodical)

    colloquial · derogatory · neuter · sometimes · strong
  8. paper, newspaper (publication containing news and other articles) (scientific) journal

    colloquial · dated · neuter · strong
  9. blade (flat functional end of an oar, rudder, propeller, etc.)

    neuter · strong
  10. blade (sharp cutting edge of a saw or other tool)

    neuter · strong
    Sägeblatt
  11. thin plate; foil (very thin sheet of metal)

    neuter · strong
    Blattgold
  12. a short distance; (emotional) closeness, intimacy

    figuratively · neuter · strong
    zwischen uns geht kein Blatt [Papier]
Where this word comes from

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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