stahlblau
German, adjective/ˈʃtaːlˌblaʊ̯/
stahlblau is spelled S-T-A-H-L-B-L-A-U (9 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written German, the 219,861st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Stahlblau is a German adjective meaning “steel blue” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “in einem leuchtenden, an brünierten Stahl erinnernden Blauton”.
What does stahlblau mean in English?
adjective
- 1
steel blue
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. in einem leuchtenden, an brünierten Stahl erinnernden Blauton
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 stahlblau
- stahlblauer masculine nominative singular
- stahlblaue feminine nominative singular
- stahlblaues neuter nominative singular
- stahlblauen genitive masculine singular
- stahlblauem dative masculine singular
- der stahlblaue definite includes-article masculine
- die stahlblaue definite feminine includes-article
- das stahlblaue definite includes-article neuter
- die stahlblauen definite includes-article nominative
- des stahlblauen definite genitive includes-article
- der stahlblauen definite feminine genitive
- dem stahlblauen dative definite includes-article
- den stahlblauen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce stahlblau?
- /ˈʃtaːlˌblaʊ̯/
- [ˈʃtaːlˌblaʊ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is stahlblau in German?
stahlblau appears about once in every 15 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).