Blatter

See also: blatter, Blätter, and blätter

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈblatər/, [ˈbla.tɐ]
• Hyphenation: Blat‧ter

Etymology 1

With sporadic shortening before -ter (as in Mutter) from Middle High German blātere, from Old High German blātara, from Proto-West Germanic *blādrā. Cognate with Dutch blaar, English bladder.

Noun

Blatter f (genitive Blatter, plural Blattern)

1. (dated) pock

   Synonym: Pocke

2. (dated, in the plural, pathology) pox, smallpox

   Synonym: Pocken

3. (archaic or southern) blister

   Synonyms: Blase, Hautblase

Declension

Declension of Blatter [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Blatter	die	Blattern
genitive	einer	der	Blatter	der	Blattern
dative	einer	der	Blatter	den	Blattern
accusative	eine	die	Blatter	die	Blattern

Derived terms

• blatternarbig
• Feuchtblattern
• Schafblattern

Etymology 2

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Proper noun

Blatter m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Blatters or (with an article) Blatter, feminine genitive Blatter, plural Blatters or Blatter)

1. a surname

Further reading

• “Blatter” in Duden online
• “Blatter” in Duden online
• “Blatter” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Blatter” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.