Alemannic German

Noun

Blatt n ‎(plural Bletter, diminutive Blettli)

1. (botany) leaf
   • 1902, Robert Walser, Der Teich:

     Ufem Wasser schwümme d’Bletter wie chlini Schiffli.

     The leaves swim upon the water like little ships.

2. (card games) card

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

• Blat (Moselle Franconian)

Etymology

From Old High German (*)blad, northern variant of blat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blat/

Noun

Blatt n ‎(plural Bläder or Blader, diminutive Blättche)

1. (Ripuarian) leaf

German

Etymology

From Old High German blat, 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

• IPA^(key): /blat/, [blät]
• Rhymes: -at

Noun

Blatt n ‎(genitive Blatts or Blattes, plural Blätter, diminutive Blättchen n or Blättlein n)

1. (botany) a leaf; the organ of a plant or tree
2. (botany) the petal of a flower or blossom
3. a page in a book or magazine
4. a sheet of paper

   Auf dem Blatt steht nichts drauf.‎

   There is nothing written on this sheet of paper.

5. the cards of a card game

   Zeig mir dein Blatt.‎

   Show me your cards.

6. (colloquial) the newspapers

   Was ist das denn für ein Käseblatt?!‎

   What kind of newspaper is this?!

7. (colloquial, sometimes pejorative) a magazine, a periodical; in general any printed and published informing papers
8. the blade of an oar
9. the functioning part of a saw and other tool

   Sägeblatt‎ ― saw blade

10. a thin plate or foil; not necessarily paper; can also be made out of aluminium, copper or other metal

    Blattgold‎ ― gold foil

Declension

Synonyms

• (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): Folie f

Derived terms

See also

• blühen
• Blüte
• Blume
• Borke
• Zweig
• Ast
• Laub
• Nadel

German Low German

Etymology

From Middle Low German blat, from Old Saxon blad, from Proto-Germanic *bladą. Akin to German Blatt, Dutch blad, Dutch Low Saxon blad, English blade.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈblat/

Noun

Blatt f (plural Blööd or Blääd or Bläder)

1. (botany) a leaf; the organ of a plant or tree
2. (botany) the petal of a flower or blossom
3. a page in a book or magazine
4. a sheet of paper

   Op dat Blatt steiht nix (dorop). — There is nothing written on this sheet of paper.

5. the cards of a card game

   Laat mi dien Blööd sehn. — Show me your cards.

6. (colloquial) the newspapers
7. the blade of an oar
8. the functioning part of a saw and other tool

   Saagblatt — saw blade

9. a thin plate or foil; not necessarily paper; can also be made out of aluminium, copper or other metal

   Blattgold — gold foil

Derived terms

• blädern
• Loofblatt
• Nadelblatt
• Notenblatt
• Poppierblatt
• Rüchblatt
• Schullerblatt n
• Döörblatt

Related terms

• Bloom f
• blöhen
• Blööt f