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blau.

blue (color/colour)

4 characters1 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

adj/blaʊ̯/

  1. blue (color/colour)

  2. drunk

    colloquial

  3. bruised

    blauer Fleck
    blaues Auge

  4. poached without being descaled

Where this word comes from

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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