blassblau
German, adjective/ˈblasˌblaʊ̯/
blassblau is spelled B-L-A-S-S-B-L-A-U (9 letters) and appears about once in every 29 million words in written German, the 313,524th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Blassblau is a German adjective meaning “pale blue” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “von einer sehr hellen, matten blauen Farbe”.
What does blassblau mean in English?
adjective
- 1
pale blue
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. von einer sehr hellen, matten blauen Farbe
noun: 1. sehr helle, matte blaue Farbe
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 blassblau
- blassblauer masculine nominative singular
- blassblaue feminine nominative singular
- blassblaues neuter nominative singular
- blassblauen genitive masculine singular
- blassblauem dative masculine singular
- der blassblaue definite includes-article masculine
- die blassblaue definite feminine includes-article
- das blassblaue definite includes-article neuter
- die blassblauen definite includes-article nominative
- des blassblauen definite genitive includes-article
- der blassblauen definite feminine genitive
- dem blassblauen dative definite includes-article
- den blassblauen dative definite includes-article
- blaßblau obsolete
- Blaßblau obsolete
- Blassblaus nominative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce blassblau?
- /ˈblasˌblaʊ̯/
- [ˈblasˌblaʊ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is blassblau in German?
blassblau appears about once in every 29 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).