Blaumann

German

Etymology

From blau (“blue”) +‎ Mann (“man”). Compare French bleu de travail.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈblaʊ̯ˌman/
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Noun

Blaumann m (strong, genitive Blaumannes or Blaumanns, plural Blaumänner)

(colloquial) Synonym of Overall

Declension

Declension of Blaumann [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Blaumann	die	Blaumänner
genitive	eines	des	Blaumannes, Blaumanns	der	Blaumänner
dative	einem	dem	Blaumann, Blaumanne¹	den	Blaumännern
accusative	einen	den	Blaumann	die	Blaumänner

¹Now rare, see notes.

Further reading

“Blaumann” in Duden online
“Blaumann” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Blaumann on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

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