Blaat

Hunsrik

Alternative forms

  • plaat (Wiesemann spelling)

Etymology

    From Central Franconian Blatt, from Middle High German blat, from Old High German blat, from Proto-West Germanic *blad, from Proto-Germanic *bladą, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃-.[1]

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈplɔːt/
    • Rhymes: -ɔːt
    • Syllabification: Blaat

    Noun

    Blaat n (plural Bletter, diminutive Blaatche)

    1. leaf
      Die Beem dun die Bletter schun ferleere.
      The trees are already losing their leaves.
      Im Winter fliehe die drockne Bletter in de Luft romm.
      In winter, the dry leaves fly around in the air.
    2. sheet of paper
      Was is uffem Blaat geschribb?
      What's written in the sheet?
    • abblaate
    • Blaatoder
    • Bletterkraut
    • blettre
    • Blummeblaat
    • Kellichblaat
    • Loerblaat
    • Silverbletter

    References

    1. ^ Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Blaat”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 26, column 1