Blüte

See also: blute, Blute, and bluté

German

Alternative forms

Blüthe (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle High German blüete, from older bluot, from Old High German bluot, from Proto-Germanic *blōdiz (“blossom, sprout”). Middle High German bluot was originally a feminine inflecting to blüete in the plural and genitive/dative singular; later this alternation was levelled either by generalizing the form blüete or by converting bluot into a masculine. Related with blühen and Blume. Cognate with Old English blēd (“shoot, flower”), dialectal English blead, which see.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈblyːtə/
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Rhymes: -yːtə

Noun

Blüte f (genitive Blüte, plural Blüten)

blossom, flower (reproductive structure on plants, often scented and/or colourful)
Synonym: (dated) Blume

Die Bienen fliegen emsig von einer Blüte zur nächsten.
The bees fly diligently from one blossom to the next.
bloom, blossom, florescence (flowering season)
Synonyms: Blütezeit, Blühzeit, Blühen, Aufblühen

Die Apfelblüte ist von Mai bis Juni.
Florescence of apple trees is from May through June.

Die Rosen stehen in Blüte.
The roses are in bloom.
(figurative) bloom, heyday, height (era of good development, e.g. of a realm or culture)
Synonyms: Blütezeit, Glanzzeit, Hochzeit

die Blüte der flämischen Hofkultur
the bloom of Flemish court culture
(informal, formerly slang) counterfeit banknote
Synonyms: Falschgeld, falscher Geldschein, gefälschte Banknote

Declension

Declension of Blüte [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Blüte	die	Blüten
genitive	einer	der	Blüte	der	Blüten
dative	einer	der	Blüte	den	Blüten
accusative	eine	die	Blüte	die	Blüten

Hyponyms

Derived terms

blütenlos