blaugrün

[ˈblaʊ̯ˌɡʁyːn]

/[ˈblaʊ̯ˌɡʁyːn]/ adj

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The verdict

“blaugrün” is uncommon German (frequency #90,052 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#90,052
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - stark blaustichiges grün

Corpus desk

Index DE-blaugrun · blaugrün · German

blaugrün · rank #90,052 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #90,052
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Blendung

Nearest frequency peer: Blendung (+1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „blaugrün“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „blaugrün“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for blaugrün
PropertyValue
Headwordblaugrün
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈblaʊ̯ˌɡʁyːn]
Letters8
Frequency rank#90,052
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „blaugrün“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).blaugrünfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Blendung“ (#90,053), „Blinddarmentzündung“ (#90,054), „Bezirksoberliga“ (#90,049). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „blaugrün“ bei #90,052. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

blaugrün is uncommon German at frequency #90,052 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈblaʊ̯ˌɡʁyːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "stark blaustichiges grün".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for blaugrün, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is blaugrün, spelled B-L-A-U-G-R-Ü-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    stark blaustichiges grün

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how blaugrün appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Sie trug ein blaugrünes T-Shirt.

Synonyms

türkistürkisfarbenpetrolpetrolfarben

This word in other languages

blue-green(English)bleu-vert(Français)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "blaugrün"?
"blaugrün" is spelled B-L-A-U-G-R-Ü-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈblaʊ̯ˌɡʁyːn].
What does "blaugrün" mean?
As an adjective, "blaugrün" means: stark blaustichiges grün
How do you pronounce "blaugrün"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "blaugrün" is [ˈblaʊ̯ˌɡʁyːn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "blaugrün" come from?
"blaugrün" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "blaugrün", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Blendung#90,053betörend#90,044Calvados#90,079chestnut#90,093

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list