Blache
German, noun
Blache is spelled B-L-A-C-H-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 25 million words in written German, the 289,823rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Blache is a German feminine noun meaning “alternative form of Plane (“tarpaulin”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, blache is a different word: “strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “grobes Leintuch/Plane (zum Überspannen von Wagen und Verkaufsständen)”.
What does Blache mean in English?
noun
- 1
AustriaSwitzerlandfemininealternative form of Plane (“tarpaulin”)
adjective
- 1
femininestrong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- 2
strong nominative/accusative plural
- 3
weak nominative all-gender singular
- 4
feminineneuterweak accusative feminine/neuter singular
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. grobes Leintuch/Plane (zum Überspannen von Wagen und Verkaufsständen)
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Blache
- Blachen plural
- Blahe variant
- Plache variant
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is Blache in German?
Blache appears about once in every 25 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).