Adjectives / Adverbs | |||||||
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| blue adj. | blau - Farbe | ||||||
| drunk adj. | blau [coll.] - betrunken | ||||||
| tight adj. [sl.] dated | blau [coll.] - betrunken | ||||||
| bruised adj. | blau - Auge, Fleck | ||||||
| livid adj. - of a bruise | blau | ||||||
| canned adj. | blau [coll.] - betrunken | ||||||
| boozed adj. | blau [coll.] | ||||||
| rare adj. [COOK.] | blau | ||||||
| soused - drunk [coll.] dated adj. | blau [coll.] - betrunken | ||||||
| pixilated or: pixillated - drunk adj. [coll.] dated | blau [fig.] | ||||||
| bright blue | leuchtend blau | ||||||
| glaucous adj. | gräulich (or: graulich) blau | ||||||
| glaucous adj. | grünlich blau | ||||||
| bright blue | strahlend blau | ||||||
Possible base forms | |||||||
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| Blauer | |||||||
| blau (Adjective) | |||||||
Nouns | |||||||
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| blue coua [ZOOL.] | der Blauseidenkuckuck or: Blau-Seidenkuckuck Lat.: Coua caerulea [Ornithology] | ||||||
| bruise | blauer Fleck | ||||||
| blue sky | blauer Himmel | ||||||
| sheer invention | blauer Dunst [fig.] | ||||||
| Blue Nile [GEOG.] | Blauer Nil | ||||||
| bluegill [ZOOL.] | Blauer Sonnenbarsch Lat.: Lepomis macrochirus [Ichthyology] | ||||||
| Blue Peter (or: blue peter) [NAUT.] | Blauer Peter | ||||||
| Tasmanian blue gum [BOT.] | Blauer Eukalyptus Lat.: Eucalyptus globulus | ||||||
| blue peafowl [ZOOL.] | Blauer Pfau Lat.: Pavo cristatus [Ornithology] | ||||||
| common peafowl [ZOOL.] | Blauer Pfau Lat.: Pavo cristatus [Ornithology] | ||||||
| Indian peafowl [ZOOL.] | Blauer Pfau Lat.: Pavo cristatus [Ornithology] | ||||||
| peafowl [ZOOL.] | Blauer Pfau Lat.: Pavo cristatus [Ornithology] | ||||||
| swallow-tailed hummingbird [ZOOL.] | Blauer Gabelschwanzkolibri Lat.: Eupetomena macroura [Ornithology] | ||||||
| blue iguana [ZOOL.] | Blauer Leguan Lat.: Cyclura lewisi | ||||||
Verbs | |||||||
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| to go blue in the face | blau anlaufen | lief an, angelaufen | | ||||||
| to burn with a low blue flame | mit blauer Flamme brennen | brannte, gebrannt | | ||||||
| to go blue in the face | blau im Gesicht anlaufen | lief an, angelaufen | | ||||||
| to be furious | was, been | | sichacc. grün und blau ärgern | ||||||
| to beat so. black and blue | jmdn. grün und blau schlagen | schlug, geschlagen | | ||||||
| to promise so. heaven and earth | jmdm. das Blaue vom Himmel versprechen | versprach, versprochen | | ||||||
| to promise so. the moon | jmdm. das Blaue vom Himmel versprechen | versprach, versprochen | | ||||||
| to bruise | bruised, bruised | | blaue Flecken bekommen | bekam, bekommen | | ||||||
| to be blue-blooded | was, been | | blaues Blut in seinen Adern haben | hatte, gehabt | | ||||||
Phrases / Collocations | |||||||
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| (as) drunk as a lord [fig.] | total blau [coll.] | ||||||
| to be hopping mad | sichacc. grün und blau ärgern | ||||||
| a black eye [coll.] | ein blaues Auge [coll.] | ||||||
| (By) The Beautiful Blue Danube (short form: "Blue Danube") [MUS.] | An der schönen blauen Donau (short form: "Donauwalzer") - Walzer von Johann Strauss | ||||||
| to pull the wool over so.'s eyes [fig.] | jmdm. blauen Dunst vormachen | ||||||
| to have blue blood in one's veins [fig.] | blaues Blut in den Adern haben | ||||||
| to get off cheaply | mit einem blauen Auge davonkommen [fig.] | ||||||
| to get off lightly | mit einem blauen Auge davonkommen [fig.] | ||||||
| to get off with a slap on the wrist | mit einem blauen Auge davonkommen [fig.] | ||||||
| to get off fairly lightly | mit einem blauen Auge davonkommen [coll.] [fig.] | ||||||
| to get the shock of one's life | sein blaues Wunder erleben | ||||||
| to skip work on Monday | einen blauen Montag machen [fig.] | ||||||
| to get a nasty surprise | sein blaues Wunder erleben [fig.] [coll.] | ||||||
Examples | |||||||
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| He has a black eye. | Er hat ein blaues Auge. | ||||||
| He won't know what's hit him. | Er wird sein blaues Wunder erleben, [fig.] [coll.] | ||||||
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Orthographically similar words | |
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| blazer, lauder, lauter | Bauer, Bläue, Lagerbläue, Stammbläue, Stockbläue, Blaue, blauen, Blazer, Bluter, Brauer, Lauer, lauern, Lauser, lauter |
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