Blesse
See also: blesse
German edit
Etymology edit
Middle High German blasse, Old High German blassa, from Proto-West Germanic *blasī, from Proto-Germanic *blasį̄. Cognate with Dutch bles.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Blesse f (genitive Blesse, plural Blessen)
- blaze (white or lighter-coloured marking on a horse's face)
- (by extension) horse with such a marking
- 1924, Thomas Mann, Der Zauberberg [The Magic Mountain], volume 2, Berlin: S. Fischer, page 466:
- Sie hatten beste Fahrt. Die Pferde, muntere Blessen alle vier, gedrungen, glatt und satt, schlugen in festem Takt die gute Straße, die noch nicht staubte.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension edit
Declension of Blesse [feminine]
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “Blesse” in Duden online