gelb
See also: Gelb
German
Alternative forms
Etymology
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From Middle High German gel (inflected gelwe), from Old High German gelo, from Proto-Germanic *gelwaz. The form gelb is derived from the Middle High German inflected stem (as in herb), while the variant gehl is from the uninflected stem and from dialects that reduce -lw- to -l- in all positions (as in fahl, kahl). It survives in set phrases. Cognate with Dutch geel, English yellow.
Pronunciation
Adjective
gelb (comparative gelber, superlative am gelbsten)
- yellow
- 1976, Armin Bollinger, Drei Körner vom gelbem Mais. Neue Erzählungen aus Lateinamerika, NZN Buchverlag.
- (politics, Germany) pertaining to the FDP (a libertarian and market-economy promoting political party in Germany)
- 2005, Erich Rückleben, "Die »Neue Linke« macht mobil", Die Brücke, page 47.
- Als im Herbst 1998 die Kohl-Dynastie zu Ende ging, die C-Demokraten nebst gelber FDP-Galle auf die Strafbänke der Opposition geschickt wurde, war zugleich ein Bündnis sozialer Kälte abgewählt, das unter der Führung des Moguls Kohl ingesamt abgewirtschaftet hatte.
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- 2005, Erich Rückleben, "Die »Neue Linke« macht mobil", Die Brücke, page 47.
- (archaic) blond
- 1901, Wilhelm Haarmann, Deutsch-evangelisches Leben in Brasilien, p. 121
- Sein gelbes Haar war immer kurz geschoren und stand borstig in die Höhe.
- His blond hair was always close-cropped and stuck out bristly.
- 1901, Wilhelm Haarmann, Deutsch-evangelisches Leben in Brasilien, p. 121
Declension
Synonyms
- (yellow): honigfarben, senffarben
- (blond): blond
Derived terms
Further reading
- “gelb” in Duden online
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