einbläuen

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German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaɪ̯n.blɔɪ̯.ən/
  • Hyphenation: ein‧bläu‧en

Etymology 1

From ein (to beat) +‎ bläuen, from Old High German bliuwan, from Proto-Germanic *blewwaną. Formerly spelled einbleuen; the spelling with ä comes from a folk etymological association with blau (blue) and was introduced in the spelling reform (Rechtschreibreform) of 1996.

Alternative forms

Verb

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  1. to beat (something) into (someone), to impress (something) upon (someone)
    • 2012, Hanna Laura Noack, Der Strom des Himmels:
      Was ich noch erwähnen sollte, ist, dass man Tadashi und mir von Kindesbeinen an die Grundideen des Schintoismus eingebläut hat.
      What I ought to mention is that Tadashi and I had the basic ideas of Shintoism impressed upon us from early childhood.
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Etymology 2

From blau (blue).

Verb

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  1. to make (something) blue; to blue
    • 2009 July 10, Stefan Tigges, Kann man Buchstaben weinen?, in the Frankfurter Rundschau (ISSN 0940-6980):
      [] indem er an Yves Klein erinnernd die Schauspieler mit ihren Körpern ein weißes Tuch einbläuen lässt, welches zunächst als Meer und schließlich als Leichentuch fungiert.
      [] by having the actors, in a manner reminiscent of Yves Klein, use their bodies to blue the white sheet, which functions at first as an ocean and finally as a burial shroud.
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