Beige
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