| Wichtigste Übersetzungen |
| blue n | (primary color) | Blau Nn |
| | I really love blue, it is such a lovely colour. |
| | Ich mag Blau, es ist so eine schöne Farbe. |
| blue adj | (blue in color) | blau Adj |
| | My car isn't red, it's blue. |
| | Mein Auto ist nicht rot, es ist blau. |
| blue adj | figurative (sad, melancholy) | melancholisch Adj |
| | | nachdenklich Adj |
| | Rainy days make me feel blue. |
| | Regentage machen mich melancholisch. |
| blue adj | informal, figurative (movie, joke: pornographic) | Porno- Präp |
| | There were blue films at the stag night. |
| | Beim Junggesellenabschied schauten wir Pornofilms an. |
| the blues npl | (melancholy, sadness) | Melancholie Nf |
| | She's got the blues since her boyfriend left. |
| | Sie befindet sich in Melancholie seit ihr Freund sie verlassen hatte. |
blues,
the blues npl | (African-American folk music) (Musik) | Blues Nm |
| | We're going out to a bar to hear some blues this weekend. |
| | Many New Orleans musicians play the blues. |
| | Dieses Wochenende gehen wir in die Bar und hören Blues. // Viele Musiker aus New Orleans spielen Blues. |
| blues n as adj | (of African-American folk music) (Musik) | Blues- Präfix |
| | The band played a classic blues number. |
| | Die Band spielt eine klassische Bluesnummer. |
| Zusätzliche Übersetzungen |
| blue adj | figurative (mood: depressed) | niedergeschlagen Adj |
| | | deprimiert Adj |
| | The bad news put me in a blue mood. |
| blue adj | (cold) | kalt Adj |
| | I played in the snow and my nose was blue! |
| blue adj | UK (conservative) | Konservativer Nm |
| | | Konservative Nf |
| | Don't ask her for money for the strikers, she's a true blue. |
| blue adj | US (Democrat) (Politik: USA) | demokratisch Adj |
| | (übertragen) | blau Adj |
| | Republicans lost again in the blue states. |
| blue adj | US, figurative (puritanical) | puritanisch Adj |
| | Some states still maintain puritanical old blue laws. |
| blue adj | (discolored by cold) | blau Adj |
| | It was a freezing day and my fingers had started turning blue. |
| the blue n | poetic (sky) (literarisch) | Blaue Nn |
| | The rocket lifted off and raced into the blue. |
| blue n | (type of butterfly) (Biologie: Schmetterling) | Bläuling Nm |
| | Benny trapped a blue in his net. |
| Blue n | US (Union soldier) | Soldat der Nordstaaten im Amerikanischen Bürgerkrieg Rdw |
| | In the US Civil War, Union soldiers were called 'Blues" or "Bluebellies" because of the colour of their uniforms. |
| Blue n | UK (sports award) (Anglizismus) | -Blue Suffix |
| | He got a Cambridge Blue for rowing. |
| Blue n | UK (sports award recipient) (Anglizismus) | -Blue Suffix |
| | He is an Oxford Blue. |
| blue⇒ vi | (turn blue) | blau werden Adj + Vt |
| | | sich bläuen Vr |
| | | blau anlaufen Adj + Vi, sepa |
| | The water blued as the food colouring was added. |
| blue [sth]⇒ vtr | (make blue) | blau machen Adj + Vt |
| | | bläuen Vt |
| | The indigo dye blued the shirt. |
| blue [sth] vtr | (metal: heat to make blue/grey) (vage) | erhitzen Vt |
| | | bläuen Vt |
| | The gunsmith blued the barrel of the gun. |
Zusammengesetzte Wörter:
blue | bluing |
| baby blue n | (pale blue colour) | Babyblau, Baby-Blau Nn |
| | | Hellblau Nn |
| | She painted the nursery a gorgeous baby blue. |
baby blue,
baby-blue adj | (pale blue in colour) | babyblau, baby-blau Adj |
| | | hellblau Adj |
| Anmerkung: A hyphen is used when the adjective precedes the noun. |
be in a funk,
be in a blue funk v expr | informal, UK (be afraid, panic) (Slang) | Schiss haben, Bammel haben Nm + Vt |
| | Katy was in a blue funk when she realised she didn't have her key. |
bice,
bice blue n | (mid-blue colour) | Blau Nn |
| | | kräftiges Blau Adj + Nn |
| | | Dunkelblau Nn |
| black and blue adj | informal, figurative (badly bruised) | grün und blau Rdw |
| | The bullies beat the unfortunate child until he was black and blue. |
blue cheese,
blue-veined cheese,
also US: bleu cheese n | (dairy product: veined) | Blauschimmelkäse Nm |
| | Fourme d'Ambert is a blue cheese from the Auvergne region of France. |
| | There are many types of blue cheese, Roquefort and Stilton being the most famous. |
| blue chip n | (business: reliably profitable stock) | sichere Aktie Adj + Nf |
| | (übertragen) | sicheres Investment Adj + Nn |
| | (Anglizismus) | Blue Chip Nm |
| | The fund invests in blue chips. |
blue chip,
blue-chip adj | figurative (outstanding of its kind) | erstklassig, herausragend Adj |
| | | einzigartig Adj |
| | | beispiellos Adj |
| Anmerkung: hyphen used when term is an adj before a noun |
| | Many experts consider blue-chip companies to be the most stable stocks to invest in. |
| blue chip stock n | (business: large company) | erstklassiges Unternehmen Adj + Nn |
| | (Anglizismus) | Blue-Chip-Unternehmen Nn |
| blue eyes npl | (eyes with blue irises) | blaue Augen Npl |
| | Many Scandinavians have blond hair and blue eyes. |
| | Viele Skandinavier haben blonde Haare und blaue Augen. |
| blue film n | (adult film) | Erwachsenenfilm Nm |
| | | Erotikfilm Nm |
| blue in the face adj | figurative, informal (exasperated) | sich den Mund fusselig reden, sich den Mund fusslig reden Rdw |
| | I've told my daughter to pick up her clothes until I'm blue in the face. |
| blue jay n | (North American bird) (Zoo) | Blauhäher Nm |
| | The blue jay at my feeder frightens off all the smaller birds, but he's certainly pretty. |
| blue jeans npl | (denim trousers) | Jeans Nf |
| | | Jeanshose Nf |
| | I don't wear dress clothes any more since I retired; I'm living in blue jeans. |
| blue moon n | figurative (long period) | lange Zeit Adj + Nf |
| | | Seltenheit Nf |
| | Why, it's a blue moon since I saw you last. |
blue movie,
also UK: blue film n | figurative, informal (pornographic film) | Porno Nm |
| | | Pornofilm Nm |
| | This TV station shows blue movies late at night. |
| blue-sky n as adj | figurative (approach: creative) (übertragen) | Schön-Wetter-Denken rdw |
| | (übertragen) | Luftschloss-Denken rdw |
| | | übertrieben optimistisches Denken |
| blue tit n | (bird) | Blaumeise Nf |
| | A pair of blue tits come to my bird table for food every day. |
| blue whale n | (large sea mammal) | Blauwal Nm |
| blue-blooded adj | figurative (aristocratic, royal) (übertragen) | blaues Blut haben Rdw |
| | | blaublütig Adj |
| | Prince Charles is certainly blue-blooded. |
| blue-collar adj | (working class, labouring) | Arbeiter- Präf |
| | (gehoben) | Proletariats- Präf |
| | My dad comes from a blue-collar family. |
| blue-collar worker n | (manual laborer) | einfacher Arbeiter Nm |
| | | Helfer Nm |
| | | Handlanger Nm |
| | Western Pennsylvania has many blue-collar workers such as steel workers and coal miners. |
| blue-eyed adj | (having blue eyes) | blauäugig Adj |
| | | mit blauen Augen Rdw |
| blue-green n | (color: turquoise) | Blaugrün Nn |
| | | Türkis Nn |
| | The sea around the island is a beautiful blue-green. |
| blue-green adj | (turquoise in color) | blaugrün Adj |
| | | türkis Adj |
| Anmerkung: A hyphen is used when the adjective precedes the noun. |
| | It's so relaxing to watch the blue-green sea lapping at the shore. |
| | Es ist so entspannend, dabei zu zu sehen, wie das blaugrüne Meer gegen die Küste schwappt. |
| blue-pencil [sth]⇒ vtr | figurative (edit, censor) | korrigieren Vt |
| | (Inhalte streichen) | zensieren Vt |
| | | bearbeiten Vt |
| bluefish n | (variety of marine fish) | Blaubarsch Nm |
| | | Blaufisch Nm |
coho,
coho salmon,
cohoe salmon,
cohoe,
silver salmon,
blue jack n | (fish: variety of salmon) | Silberlachs Nm |
cyanobacteria,
blue-green algae npl | (photosynthetic bacteria) | Blaualgen Npl |
| | | Cyanobakterien Npl |
| dark blue n | (navy, deep blue) | Dunkelblau Nn |
| | People wearing dark blue are hard to see at night. |
| | Leute, die Dunkelblau tragen, sind Nachts schwer zu erkennen. |
dark blue,
dark-blue adj | (navy, deep blue) | tiefblau Adj |
| | | dunkelblau Adj |
| | People wearing dark blue clothing are hard to see at night. |
| | Leute, die Nachts tiefblaue Kleidung tragen, sind auf der Straße schwer zu erkennen. |
| feel blue vi + adj | informal, figurative (be sad) | traurig sein Adv + Vi |
| | (Slang, Angliz) | down sein Adv + Vi |
| | He has been feeling blue ever since Mary dumped him. |
| greenish-blue n | (color: blue with a tinge of green) | Blaugrün Nn |
| | | Grünblau Nn |
| greenish-blue adj | (blue tinged with green) | blaugrün Adj |
| | | grünblau Adj |
| ice blue n | (light blue color) | Eisblau Nn |
ice blue,
ice-blue adj | (very light blue) | eisblau Adj |
| Anmerkung: A hyphens is used when the adjective precedes the noun. |
in a blue funk,
in a funk adj | slang (depressed) (übertragen) | niedergeschlagen V Part Perf |
| | (übertragen) | in einem schwarzen Loch, in einem tiefen Loch Rdw |
| | John was in a blue funk after seeing his poor grades on the report card. |
| light blue n | (pale blue color) | Hellblau Nn |
| | Do you have this shirt in light blue? |
| | Haben Sie diese T-Shirt in Hellblau? |
light blue,
light-blue adj | (pale blue in color) | hellblau Adj |
| | | lichtblau Adj |
| Anmerkung: A hyphen is used when the term is an adjective before a noun. |
| | The team's new strip is light blue with a burgundy stripe. |
| | Das neue Trikot der Mannschaft ist hellblau mit burgundroten Streifen. |
| navy blue n | (dark-blue colour) (ugs) | Marineblau Nn |
| | Navy blue is a darker blue than cobalt blue. |
| | My favorite color is navy blue. |
navy blue,
navy-blue adj | (dark blue in colour) (ugs) | marineblau Adj |
| Anmerkung: A hyphen is used when the term is an adjective before a noun. |
| | My school uniform is navy blue. |
| once in a blue moon adv | figurative (very rarely) (ugs) | selten Adv |
| | He only calls once in a blue moon. |
| out of the blue adv | figurative (unexpectedly) (ugs) | völlig überraschend Adv + Adj |
| | | ohne Vorwarnung Präp + Nf |
| | (übertragen) | wie aus dem Nichts Rdw |
| | My cousins turned up out of the blue on Christmas Day. |
| | Meine Cousinen kamen völlig überraschend am ersten Weihnachtsfeiertag vorbei. |
| pale blue n | (light blue) | blasses Blau Nn |
| | (umgangssprachlich) | Blau Nn |
| Anmerkung: A hyphen is used when the adjective precedes the noun |
pale blue,
pale-blue adj | (light blue) | blassbau Adj |
| | | hellblau Adj |
| royal blue n | (bright blue colour) | Königsblau Nn |
| | Chelsea Football Club play in royal blue. |
royal blue,
royal-blue adj | (bright blue in colour) | königsblau Adj |
| Anmerkung: A hyphen is used when the term is an adjective before a noun. |
| sky blue n | (bright blue colour) | Himmelblau Nn |
sky blue,
sky-blue adj | (bright blue in colour) | himmelblau Adj |