Beige
Appearance
German
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From late Middle High German bīge, from Old High German bīga, pīga, further origin uncertain. Cognate with Alemannic German Biigi.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Beige f (genitive Beige, plural Beigen)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Beige [feminine]
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (uninflected) IPA(key): /beːʃ/, /bɛːʃ/
- (inflected) IPA(key): /beːʒə/, /bɛːʒə/, /beːʃə/, /bɛːʃə/
- Rhymes: -eːʃə
- Rhymes: -ɛːʃ
Noun
[edit]Beige n (strong, genitive Beige, plural Beiges or Beige)
- (uninflected) beige (the color)
- Wer würde schon Beige als seine Lieblingsfarbe bezeichnen?
- Who would say that beige is their favourite colour?
- (inflected) beige thing
- Wir wohnen in dem weißen Haus. Das Beige gehört meiner Schwester.
- We live in that white house. The beige one is my sister's.
Usage notes
[edit]The word Beige has two pronunciations because its basic forms ends in a mute -e. Therefore the inflectional ending -e is not visible in writing.
Declension
[edit]Declension of Beige [neuter, strong]
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Beige on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
- “Beige (Stoß, Stapel)” in Duden online
- “Beige (Farbe)” in Duden online
- “Beige” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Beige” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
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