Definition
A lightweight upper-body garment usually worn by women.
Translations
- English
- blouse
- Français
- chemisier
- Türkçe
- bluz
- Polski
- bluzka
- Русский
- блузка
- Українська
- блузка
GERMAN DICTIONARY
die Bluse
- A2
- Noun
- Clothing & Appearance
blouse
/diː ˈbluːzə/
Meaning and translations
Meaning, definition and translations of this sense.
Grammar & classification
Main grammatical and classification properties of the word.
- Article
- die
- Gender
- Feminine
- Plural
- Blusen
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- A2
- Morphology
- Borrowing
- Topics
- Clothing & AppearancePrimary
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Die weiße Bluse passt gut zum Rock.NominativSing.The white blouse goes well with the skirt.
- Sie trägt heute eine blaue Bluse.AkkusativSing.She is wearing a blue blouse today.
- Sie gibt der Bluse einen neuen Knopf.DativSing.She gives the blouse a new button.
- Die Farbe der Bluse ist hellblau.GenitivSing.The color of the blouse is light blue.
- Die Blusen liegen im Schaufenster.NominativPlur.The blouses are in the shop window.
- Sie kauft zwei Blusen im Schlussverkauf.AkkusativPlur.She buys two blouses at the clearance sale.
- Die Verkäuferin zeigt den Kundinnen die Blusen.DativPlur.The saleswoman shows the blouses to the female customers.
- Die Farben der Blusen sind sehr schön.GenitivPlur.The colors of the blouses are very beautiful.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Bluse/ˈbluːzə/
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Article phrase
die Bluse/diː ˈbluːzə/
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Plural
Blusen/ˈbluːzn̩/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Bluse | die Blusen |
| Akkusativ | die Bluse | die Blusen |
| Dativ | der Bluse | den Blusen |
| Genitiv | der Bluse | der Blusen |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Adjective combinationeine elegante Bluse
- Collocationeine Bluse bügeln
- Verb constructioneine Bluse tragen + Akkusativ
- Prepositional constructionmit einer Blusemit + Dativ
- Sentence patternDie Bluse passt gut zum Rock.
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
- Broader termOberteil
A Bluse is a specific Oberteil; Oberteil denotes the broader, more general category.
- Related termHemd — shirt
Bluse and Hemd are different items of clothing in the same broader category of outerwear.
- Narrower termSeidenbluse
A Seidenbluse is a Bluse made of a specific material and is therefore a narrower subtype.
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Formation typeBorrowing
„Bluse“ is a borrowing from French.