bleigrau
German, adjective/ˈblaɪ̯ˌɡʁaʊ̯/
bleigrau is spelled B-L-E-I-G-R-A-U (8 letters) and appears about once in every 32 million words in written German, the 330,389th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bleigrau is a German adjective meaning “leaden (in colour)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “die graue Farbe von Blei habend; in der Farbe von Blei”.
What does bleigrau mean in English?
adjective
- 1
leaden (in colour)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. die graue Farbe von Blei habend; in der Farbe von Blei
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 bleigrau
- bleigrauer masculine nominative singular
- bleigraue feminine nominative singular
- bleigraues neuter nominative singular
- bleigrauen genitive masculine singular
- bleigrauem dative masculine singular
- der bleigraue definite includes-article masculine
- die bleigraue definite feminine includes-article
- das bleigraue definite includes-article neuter
- die bleigrauen definite includes-article nominative
- des bleigrauen definite genitive includes-article
- der bleigrauen definite feminine genitive
- dem bleigrauen dative definite includes-article
- den bleigrauen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bleigrau?
- /ˈblaɪ̯ˌɡʁaʊ̯/
- [ˈblaɪ̯ˌɡʁaʊ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is bleigrau in German?
bleigrau appears about once in every 32 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).