Beige
German
Etymology 1
From late Middle High German bīge, from Old High German bīga, pīga, further origin uncertain. Cognate with Alemannic German Biigi.
Pronunciation
Noun
Beige f (genitive Beige, plural Beigen)
Declension
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
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- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "inflected" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /beːʒə/, /bɛːʒə/, /beːʃə/, /bɛːʃə/
Noun
Beige n (genitive Beige, plural Beige or Beiges)
- (uninflected) beige (the color)
- Wer würde schon Beige als seine Lieblingsfarbe bezeichnen?
- Who would say that beige is their favourite colour?
- (inflected) beige thing
- Wir wohnen in dem weißen Haus. Das Beige gehört meiner Schwester.
- We live in that white house. The beige one is my sister's.
Declension
Usage notes
The word Beige has two pronunciations because its basic forms ends in a mute -e. Therefore the inflectional ending -e is not visible in writing.
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