blasslila

German

Etymology

From blass (pale) + lila (lilac).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈblasˌliːla/
  • Hyphenation: blass‧li‧la

Adjective

blasslila (not comparable)

  1. pale lilac, purple, violet

Usage notes

  • The adjective is usually treated as invariable in the formal standard language, thus neither declined forms nor comparation forms are used.
  • In less formal style and in the vernacular, lila has normal inflected forms. An -n- is then infixed before (vocalic) endings. Additionally, it has also inflected forms without an infix. Compare the same in lila and rosa.

Declension

Inflected forms (with infixed -n-):

Inflected forms (without an infix):

References

  • blasslila” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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