Adjectives / Adverbs | |||||||
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| pale adj. | blass | ||||||
| pasty - of a face: pale, unhealthy adj. | blass | ||||||
| wan adj. | blass | ||||||
| pallid adj. | blass | ||||||
| mealy adj. - pale in complexion | blass | ||||||
| sallow adj. | blass | ||||||
| cream-faced adj. | blass | ||||||
| sickly adj. | blass | ||||||
| palish adj. | etwas blass | ||||||
| weak and pale | schwach und blass | ||||||
| anemicAE / anaemicBE adj. [fig.] | blass | ||||||
| dim adj. | blass [fig.] | ||||||
| paly adj. archaic | blass | ||||||
| pale with adj. | blass vor | ||||||
| pale adj. | weiß - blass | ||||||
Possible base forms | |||||||
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| blassen | |||||||
| blass (Adjective) | |||||||
Nouns | |||||||
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| Somali bee-eater [ZOOL.] | der Blassspint or: Blass-Spint Lat.: Merops revoilii | ||||||
| colorlessAE person colourlessBE person | blasse Person | ||||||
| Dalmatian iris [BOT.] | Blasse Schwertlilie Lat.: Iris pallida | ||||||
| sweet iris [BOT.] | Blasse Schwertlilie Lat.: Iris pallida | ||||||
| pale anemone hermit crab [ZOOL.] | Blasser Anemonen-Einsiedlerkrebs Lat.: Dardanus deformis [Invertebrates] | ||||||
| rock hermit crab [ZOOL.] | Blasser Anemonen-Einsiedlerkrebs Lat.: Dardanus deformis [Invertebrates] | ||||||
| pale mountain pigeon (or: mountain-pigeon) [ZOOL.] | Blasse Bergtaube Lat.: Gymnophaps solomonensis [Ornithology] | ||||||
| pale pitcher plant (or: pitcherplant) [BOT.] | Blasse Schlauchpflanze Lat.: Sarracenia alata | ||||||
| yellow trumpets used with sg. or pl. verb [BOT.] | Blasse Schlauchpflanze Lat.: Sarracenia alata | ||||||
| few-flowered fumitory [BOT.] | Blasser Erdrauch Lat.: Fumaria vaillantii | ||||||
| pink water-speedwell [BOT.] | Blasser Gauchheil-Ehrenpreis Lat.: Veronica catenata | ||||||
| pale purple coneflower [BOT.] | Blasser Sonnenhut Lat.: Echinacea pallida | ||||||
| prairie coneflower [BOT.] | Blasser Sonnenhut Lat.: Echinacea pallida | ||||||
| Schmidt's hawkweed [BOT.] | Blasses Habichtskraut Lat.: Hieracium schmidtii | ||||||
| pale-flowered orchid [BOT.] | Blasses Knabenkraut Lat.: Orchis pallens | ||||||
Verbs | |||||||
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| not to have a clue (about sth.) | had, had | | keinen blassen Schimmer (von etw.dat.) haben | ||||||
| not to have a clue (about sth.) | had, had | | keine blasse Ahnung (von etw.dat.) haben | hatte, gehabt | | ||||||
Phrases / Collocations | |||||||
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| not to have the faintest idea | keinen blassen Schimmer haben | ||||||
| not to have the foggiest notion | keinen blassen Schimmer haben | ||||||
| I'll be damned if I know! | Ich habe keinen blassen Dunst! | ||||||
| green about the gills [fig.] | blass um die Nase | ||||||
| (as) white as a sheet | ganz blass | ||||||
| not to have the faintest idea | keine blasse Ahnung haben | ||||||
Examples | |||||||
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| I haven't the faintest idea. | Ich habe keine blasse Ahnung. | ||||||
| I haven't the slightest idea. | Ich habe keine blasse Ahnung. | ||||||
Orthographically similar words | |
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| Larssen | Ablassen, ablassen, belassen, Belassen, Blässe, Blasen, blasen, blasend, Brassen, brassen, lassen, Lassen |








