Blatter
German edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
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 edit
Blatter f (genitive Blatter, plural Blattern)
- (dated) pock
- Synonym: Pocke
- (dated, in the plural) pox, smallpox
- Synonym: Pocken
- (archaic or southern) blister
Declension edit
Declension of Blatter [feminine]
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Proper noun edit
Blatter m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Blatters or (with an article) Blatter, feminine genitive Blatter, plural Blatters or Blatter)
- a surname
Further reading edit
- “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.