German word

Blut

Pronunciation

IPA/bluːt/

Meaning

  • neuter nounblood

Example

Die Farbe des Blutes ist rot.

The color of blood is red.

Illustration for Blut (blood)

More examples

Meine Blutgruppe ist A.

My blood type is A.

Core concept

What flows in veins can also stand for the shared family origin of people.

Common phrases

  • Blut spenden

    donate blood

  • Blutgruppe

    blood type

  • Blut verlieren

    lose blood

Similar words

Blutung: The escape of blood from the body through a wound or other opening.
Wunde: A place where the skin or tissue inside the body has been damaged.
Ader: A slender vessel inside the body that carries blood.
Blutdruck: The pressure that blood exerts on the walls of its vessels.

Definition in German

Im Körper vorhandene rote Substanz, die in Gefäßen fließt; sprachlich außerdem Bezeichnung für Abstammung oder gemeinsame Herkunft.

Word origin

Blut comes from Proto-Germanic *blōþą through Old and Middle High German forms, and its figurative lineage sense grew from the idea of shared blood.

Usage tips

  • In compounds, Blut often appears as Bluts-, as in Blutsverwandtschaft for a blood relationship.

Other meanings

  • lineagenoun

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