Beige
See also: beige and bēigé
German
Etymology 1
From late Middle High German bīge, from Old High German bīga, pīga, further origin uncertain. Cognate with Alemannic German Biigi.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbaɪ̯ɡə/
- Hyphenation: Beige
Noun
Beige f (genitive Beige, plural Beigen)
- (Southern German, Switzerland) stack, pile
Declension
Declension of Beige [feminine]
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | eine | die | Beige | die | Beigen |
| genitive | einer | der | Beige | der | Beigen |
| dative | einer | der | Beige | den | Beigen |
| accusative | eine | die | Beige | die | Beigen |
Derived terms
- beigen
Etymology 2
Borrowed from French beige.
Pronunciation
- (uninflected) IPA(key): /beːʃ/, /bɛːʃ/
- (inflected) IPA(key): /beːʒə/, /bɛːʒə/, /beːʃə/, /bɛːʃə/
- Rhymes: -eːʃə
- Rhymes: -ɛːʃ
Noun
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
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
Declension of Beige [neuter, strong]
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | ein | das | Beige | die | Beiges, Beige |
| genitive | eines | des | Beige | der | Beiges, Beige |
| dative | einem | dem | Beige | den | Beiges, Beigen |
| accusative | ein | das | Beige | die | Beiges, Beige |
Related terms
- beige
References
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