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)
- 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.
- sheet of paper
- Was is uffem Blaat geschribb?
- What's written in the sheet?
Related terms
- abblaate
- Blaatoder
- Bletterkraut
- blettre
- Blummeblaat
- Kellichblaat
- Loerblaat
- Silverbletter
References
- ^ Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Blaat”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 26, column 1