Blatt
Alemannic German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German blat, plat, from Old High German blat, from Proto-West Germanic *blad, from Proto-Germanic *bladą. Cognate with German Blatt, Dutch blad, English blade, Icelandic blað, Swedish blad.
Noun
[edit]Blatt n (plural Bletter, diminutive Blettli)
- (botany) leaf
- 1902, Robert Walser, Der Teich:
- Ufem Wasser schwümme d’Bletter wie chlini Schiffli.
- The leaves swim upon the water like little ships.
- (card games) card
Central Franconian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- Blat (Moselle Franconian)
Etymology
[edit]From Old High German blad, northern variant of blat.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Blatt n (plural Bläder or Blader, diminutive Blättche)
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German blat, plat, from Old High German blat, from Proto-West Germanic *blad (“leaf”), from Proto-Germanic *bladą (“leaf”); akin to Low German Blatt, Dutch blad, English blade, Danish and Swedish blad. Indo-European cognates include Ancient Greek φύλλον (phúllon), Latin folium.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Blatt n (strong, genitive Blattes or Blatts, plural Blätter, diminutive Blättchen n or Blättlein n)
- (botany) leaf (green and flat organ of a plant)
- (botany) petal (one of the parts of the whorl of a flower)
- sheet, piece of paper (piece of paper (usually rectangular) that has not been cut, torn, or folded)
- Auf dem Blatt steht nichts drauf.
- There is nothing written on this sheet of paper.
- sheet (full sheet of paper in a newspaper or similar periodical, representing four pages)
- ein Blatt ist zwei oder vier Seiten
- one sheet is two to four pages
- hand, cards (set of cards held by a player)
- Zeig mir dein Blatt.
- Show me your cards.
- (colloquial) paper, newspaper (publication containing news and other articles)
- Was ist das denn für ein Käseblatt?!
- What kind of newspaper is this?!
- 2021 December 8, Cathrin Gilbert, “Herr Reichelt, können Sie ohne "Bild" leben?”, in Die Zeit[1]:
- Kaum ein Blatt hat die Corona-Maßnahmen und Experten wie Christian Drosten derart rabiat attackiert wie Bild unter Ihrer Führung.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (colloquial, sometimes derogatory) magazine (a printed and published informative periodical)
- blade (flat functional end of an oar, rudder, propeller, etc.)
- blade (sharp cutting edge of a saw or other tool)
- Sägeblatt ― saw blade
- thin plate; foil (very thin sheet of metal)
- Blattgold ― gold foil
Declension
[edit]Synonyms
[edit]- (petal): Blütenblatt n, Blumenblatt n
- (page): Seite f
- (sheet of paper): Bogen m, Papier n
- (newspaper): Zeitung f
- (periodical, magazine): Magazin n, Zeitschrift f
- (the blade of an oar): Ruderblatt n
- (the sharp end of a tool): Klinge f
- (foil, plate): Geblätte n, Folie f
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]- Abendblatt
- Blattabwurf
- Blattachsel
- Blattader
- Blattaderung
- Blattbasis
- Blattbefall
- Blättermagen
- Blätterpilz
- Blätterteig
- Blätterwald
- Blätterwerk
- Blattfall
- Blattfarbe
- Blattfärbung
- Blattfläche
- Blattfloh
- Blattform
- Blattgewebe
- Blattgold
- Blattgrün
- Blattgrund
- Blatthöcker
- Blattlaus
- Blattmacher
- Blattoberfläche
- Blattoberseite
- Blattrand
- Blattscheide
- Blattseite
- Blattspitze
- Blattspreite
- Blattstellung
- Blattstiel
- Blattstielblatt
- Blattunterseite
- Blattverfärbung
- Blattwurf
- Blütenblatt
- das Blatt hat sich gewendet
- Deckblatt
- Endblatt
- Feigenblatt
- Feuchtblatt
- Fiederblatt
- Flachblatt
- Flossenblatt
- Geißblatt
- Groschenblatt
- Hauptblatt
- Herbstblatt
- Käseblatt
- Keimblatt
- kein Blatt vor den Mund nehmen
- Klatschblatt
- Kleeblatt
- Laubblatt
- Lindenblatt
- Mittelblatt
- Nadelblatt
- Nebenblatt
- Notenblatt
- Oberblatt
- Papierblatt
- Pfefferminzblatt
- Regenbogenblatt
- Revolverblatt
- Rosenblatt
- Rückblatt
- Rundblatt
- Sägeblatt
- Schlussblatt
- Schmierblatt
- Schulterblatt
- Schwertblatt
- Schwimmblatt
- Seitenblatt
- Startblatt
- Stimmblatt
- Tageblatt
- Teeblatt
- Titelblatt
- Türblatt
- Vorderblatt
- Vorsatzblatt
- Weinblatt
- Wochenblatt
- Zifferblatt
See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “Blatt” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Blatt” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Blatt” in Duden online
- Blatt on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
German Low German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Low German blat, from Old Saxon blad, from Proto-West Germanic *blad, from Proto-Germanic *bladą. Akin to German Blatt, Dutch blad, Dutch Low Saxon blad, English blade.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Blatt f (plural Blööd or Blääd or Bläder)
- (botany) a leaf; the organ of a plant or tree
- (botany) the petal of a flower or blossom
- a page in a book or magazine
- a sheet of paper
- Op dat Blatt steiht nix (dorop).
- There is nothing written on this sheet of paper.
- the cards of a card game
- Laat mi dien Blööd sehn.
- Show me your cards.
- (colloquial) the newspapers
- the blade of an oar
- the functioning part of a saw and other tool
- Saagblatt ― saw blade
- a thin plate or foil; not necessarily paper; can also be made out of aluminium, copper or other metal
- Blattgold ― gold foil
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Pennsylvania German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Rhine Franconian Blaat, from Middle High German blat, from Old High German blat.
Compare German Blatt, Dutch blad, English blade.
Noun
[edit]Blatt n (plural Bledder)
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