🇬🇧 English from 🇩🇪 German Alle Wörter
blue
/bluː/
A1 adjective Colors
🇩🇪 German: blau
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Definition

🇬🇧 English
adjective

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

Definition

🇩🇪 German

Blauer Farbton, ein bestimmter Abschnitt des sichtbaren Lichts im Spektrum der elektromagnetischen Wellen, Malfarbe, Streichfarbe.

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

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.

Example Sentences

The woman has blue hair.

"The woman has blue hair."

🇩🇪 "Die Frau hat blaue Haare."

My credit card is blue.

"My credit card is blue."

🇩🇪 "Meine Kreditkarte ist blau."

Fill in the Blank 🇬🇧 English

The woman has ___ hair.

Practice Quiz

1. The sky is ___.
2. 'Out of the blue' means:

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