🇩🇪 German from 🇬🇧 English All Words
blau
A1 adjective Farben
🇬🇧 English: blue
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🇩🇪 Hören & Wiederholen (German)

Definition

🇩🇪 German
adjective

blau

Definition

🇬🇧 English

The colour of the sky on a clear day and of deep water.

Grammar Notes

🇬🇧 English

Adjective. Used before nouns: 'a blue sky', or after verbs: 'the sky is blue'. Common collocations: blue eyes, sky blue, navy blue, blue jeans, out of the blue (meaning unexpected).

Cultural Notes

🇬🇧 English

Blue is one of the most popular colours in the world and is often associated with trust, calm, and sadness. In English, feeling 'blue' means feeling sad. 'Blueprint' originally referred to a type of technical drawing.

Beispielsätze

Die Frau hat blaue Haare.

"Die Frau hat blaue Haare."

🇬🇧 "The woman has blue hair."

Meine Kreditkarte ist blau.

"Meine Kreditkarte ist blau."

🇬🇧 "My credit card is blue."

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