# blau
## Bavarian
### Etymology

Cognate with German blau.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /b̥laʊ̯/
** Audio:(file)

### Adjective

blau
* blue (color/colour)

#### See also

Colors in Bavarian · Foarbm (layout · text) :
| weiß | grau | schwoarz |
| roud/rood | oransch/orange; braun | gejb/gölb/gööb |
| | grea/grean | |
| | blau | blau |
| lila, violett | lila | rosa |

## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin blāvus, from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈblaw]
* Audio (Valencia):(file)
* Audio (Catalonia):(file)
* Rhymes: -aw

### Adjective

blau (feminine blava, masculine plural blaus, feminine plural blaves)
* blue (color/colour)

### Noun

blau m (plural blaus)
* blue
* bruise

### Related terms

* balena blava
* blauet
* blaugrana
* blaüra
* blaürar
* blava
* blavar
* blavenc
* blavenca
* blaver
* blaverol
* blavet
* blaveta
* blavís
* blavor
* blavós
* blavosenc
* blavura
* príncep blau

### See also

Colors in Catalan · colors (layout · text) :
| blanc | gris | negre |
| roig, vermell; carmesí | taronja; marró | groc; crema |
| verd llima | verd | |
| cian; xarxet | atzur | blau |
| violat; indi | magenta; lila, porpra | rosa |

### Further reading

* “blau” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “blau”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “blau” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “blau” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## German
### Alternative forms

* blauw (obsolete)

### Etymology

From Middle High German blā (genitive blāwes), from Old High German blāo, from Proto-West Germanic *blāu, from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /blaʊ̯/
* Rhymes: -aʊ̯
* Audio (Germany):(file)
* Audio (Austria):(file)

### Adjective

blau (strong nominative masculine singular blauer, comparative blauer, superlative am blauesten or am blausten)
* blue (color/colour)
* (colloquial) drunk
    Synonym: betrunken
** 1975, “Marion aus Pinneberg”, performed by Marius Müller-Westernhagen:Wochenende, kleines Glück / Montag in den Trott zurück / Wochenende, große Schau / Man, Du bist schon reichlich blau(please add an English translation of this quotation)
* bruised
    blauer Fleck ― bruise (literally, “blue spot”)
    blaues Auge ― black eye

#### Derived terms

* aquamarinblau
* Blau
* blau machen
* blaues Auge
* dunkelblau
* grün und blau
* hellblau
* himmelblau
* kornblumenblau
* mitternachtsblau
* sein blaues Wunder erleben
* stahlblau

### See also

Colors in German · Farben (layout · text) :
| Weiß | Grau | Schwarz |
| Rot (Purpur) | Orange; Braun | Gelb; Creme, Ocker |
| Grün (Hellgrün, Neongrün) | Grün (Dunkelgrün) | |
| Türkis (Cyan, Meeresgrün) | Blau (Hellblau, Azurblau) | Blau (Dunkelblau) |
| Lila, Violett (Blasslila, Altrosa) | Lila, Violett (Magenta, Purpur) | Rosa; Pink |

### Further reading

* “blau” in Duden online
* “blau” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

## Hunsrik
### Alternative forms

* blo
* plau (Wiesemann spelling)

### Etymology

From Middle High German blā, blāwes, from Old High German blāo, from Proto-West Germanic *blāu, from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈplaʊ̯/
* Rhymes: -aʊ̯
* Syllabification: blau

### Adjective

blau (comparative blauer, superlative blauest)
* blue
    Blaue Aue.Blue eyes.
    Alles blau?What's up?(literally, “All blue?”)

#### Related terms

* blaulich

### See also

Colors in Hunsrik · Forrve (layout · text) :
| Weis | Grau | Schwarz |
| Rod | Ranschegelleb; Braun | Gelleb, Geel |
| Grien (Hellgrien), (Neongrien) | Grien (Dunkelgrien) | Menz |
| Meergrien | Blau (Hellblau) | Blau (Dunkelblau) |
| Feilche | Rosch, Lila | Roserod |

### References

* André Kuster-Cid, Eduardo Fausto Kuster Cid (2018) “azul”, in Dicionário renano-hunsrik: português (in Portuguese), Vitória: Cousa, →ISBN, page 29, column 2
* Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “blau”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 26, column 1

## Interlingua
### Adjective

blau
* blue (color/colour)

#### See also

Colors in Interlingua · colores (layout · text) :
| blanc, albe | gris | nigre |
| rubie | orange; brun | jalne; crema |
| verde lima | verde | verde mentha, acquamarine |
| cyano | azure | blau |
| violette; indigo | magenta; purpure | rosate |

## Middle Dutch
### Etymology

From Old Dutch *blāo, from Proto-West Germanic *blāu, from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /blaːu/, /blau/

### Adjective

blau
* blue (color/colour)

#### Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

#### Alternative forms

* blâ
* blâeu

#### Descendants

* Dutch: blauw, blouw (misspelling), blaauw (before 1864)
** Afrikaans: blou
** Berbice Creole Dutch: blau
** Jersey Dutch: blāu
** Negerhollands: blauw, blou, blau
** Petjo: blaoe, blauw, blauwe
** → Lokono: barautho
** → Caribbean Hindustani: bláu
** → Indonesian: belau
** → Papiamentu: blou, blaauw
** → Sranan Tongo: blaw
*** Aukan: baaw
*** → Caribbean Javanese: blau
*** → Saramaccan: baáu
** → Warao: hebulau, jeburau
* Limburgish: blów

### Noun

blau n
* blue (color/colour)

#### Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

#### Alternative forms

* blâeu

### Further reading

* “blau (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
* Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “blau”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

## Occitan
### Etymology

From Late Latin blāvus, from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

blau m (feminine singular blava, masculine plural blaus, feminine plural blavas)
* blue (color/colour)

### Noun

blau m (plural blaus)
* blue (color/colour)

## Romansch
### Alternative forms

* blo (Sutsilvan, Surmiran)
* blov (Puter)

### Etymology

From Late Latin blāvus, from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz.

### Adjective

blau m (feminine singular blaua, masculine plural blaus, feminine plural blauas)
* (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Vallader) blue (color/colour)

## Saterland Frisian
### Etymology

From Old Frisian blāu, from Proto-West Germanic *blāu. Cognates include German blau and West Frisian blau.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /blaːu̯/
* Hyphenation: blau
* Rhymes: -aːu̯

### Adjective

blau (masculine blauen, feminine, plural or definite blaue, comparative blauer, superlative blaust)
* blue (color/colour)

### References

* Marron C. Fort (2015) “blau”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN

## West Frisian
### Etymology

From Old Frisian blāu, from Proto-West Germanic *blāu.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /blɔu̯/

### Adjective

blau
* blue (color/colour)

#### Further reading

* “blau”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

### Noun

blau n (plural [please provide])
* blue (color/colour)

#### See also

Colors in West Frisian · kleuren (layout · text) :
| wyt | griis | swart |
| read | oranje; brún | giel |
| | grien | |
| blaugrien | | blau |
| fiolet | pears | rôze |

#### Further reading

* “blau”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011