German word

Blüte

Pronunciation

IPA/ˈblyːtə/

Meaning

  • feminine nounflower

Example

Die Blüte ist schön.

The flower is beautiful.

Illustration for Blüte (flower)

More examples

Bitte pflücke keine Blüte aus dem Garten.

Please don't pick a flower from the garden.

Core concept

A flower opening from a bud, with its full color and vigor standing for a person's or thing's peak.

Common phrases

  • eine Blüte pflücken

    pick a flower

  • an einer Blüte riechen

    smell a flower

Similar words

Blume: A familiar flower together with its stem and leaves.
Knospe: An unopened, tightly closed bud.
Blütenblatt: One thin, brightly colored petal of a flower.

Definition in German

Teil einer Pflanze, der aus einer Knospe hervorgeht und Blütenblätter trägt; im übertragenen Sinn die Zeit oder der Zustand größten Gedeihens oder Schönheits.

Word origin

Blüte comes through Middle High German blüete from Old High German bluot and is related to blühen; its figurative peak sense grew from full flowering.

Usage tips

  • Blüte is feminine, and its plural is Blüten.

Other meanings

  • bloomnoun
  • heydaynoun

Opposites

  • Verfalldeclinenoun
  • Absterbendyingnoun

Related words

  • Blütenblattpetalnoun
  • Blütenstaubpollennoun

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