Blüte

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See also: blute, Blute, and bluté

German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle High German blüete, from older bluot, from Old High German bluot, from Proto-Germanic *blōdiz (“blossom, sprout”). Middle High German bluot was originally a feminine inflecting to blüete in the plural and genitive/dative singular; later this alternation was levelled either by generalizing the form blüete or by converting bluot into a masculine. Related with blühen and Blume. Cognate with Old English blēd (“shoot, flower”), dialectal English blead, which see.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈblyːtə/
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  • Rhymes: -yːtə

Noun[edit]

Blüte f (genitive Blüte, plural Blüten)

  1. blossom, flower (reproductive structure on plants, often scented and/or colourful)
    Synonym: (dated) Blume
    Die Bienen fliegen emsig von einer Blüte zur nächsten.
    The bees fly diligently from one blossom to the next.
  2. bloom, blossom, florescence (flowering season)
    Synonyms: Blütezeit, Blühzeit, Blühen, Aufblühen
    Die Apfelblüte ist von Mai bis Juni.
    Florescence of apple trees is from May through June.
    Die Rosen stehen in Blüte.
    The roses are in bloom.
  3. (figurative) bloom, heyday, height (era of good development, e.g. of a realm or culture)
    Synonyms: Blütezeit, Glanzzeit, Hochzeit
    die Blüte der flämischen Hofkultur
    the bloom of Flemish court culture
  4. (informal, formerly slang) counterfeit banknote
    Synonyms: Falschgeld, falscher Geldschein, gefälschte Banknote

Declension[edit]

Declension of Blüte [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Blüte die Blüten
genitive einer der Blüte der Blüten
dative einer der Blüte den Blüten
accusative eine die Blüte die Blüten

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Further reading[edit]

  • “Blüte” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Blüte” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “Blüte” in Duden online
  • Blüte on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
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