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Colors in German

Color words are one of the most useful tools we have for identifying things . Thus, learning how to name and pronounce colors in German is a useful skill to have in your back pocket.

A brief usage note: colors in German are adjectives and so, they come before the noun when you’re describing something. “The red car” would be “das rote Auto” . Here, there is also often an ending -e added when the color comes before a noun. And when you want to say “light blue” or “dark blue” the words for “light” and “dark” are appended to the front of the color word, as you see with hellblau (light blue). With that knowledge, here are the basic colors to get you started as you learn German :

red → rot
orange → orange
yellow → gelb
green → grün
blue → blau
light blue → hellblau
dark blue → dunkelblau
purple → lila
pink → rosa
khaki → khaki
black → schwarz
white → weiΒ
gray → grau
brown → braun

To describe colors in German :

light → hell
dark → dunkel
dull → matt
colorful → bunt

To conclude , we will use those vocabularies in some sentences , listen to them carefully !

Snow is white.	D– S—– i– w—. Der Schnee ist weiß.
The sun is yellow.	D– S—- i– g—. Die Sonne ist gelb.
The orange is orange.	D– O—– i– o—–. Die Orange ist orange.

The cherry is red.	D– K—— i– r–. Die Kirsche ist rot.
The sky is blue.	D– H—– i– b—. Der Himmel ist blau.
The grass is green.	D– G— i– g—. Das Gras ist grün.

The earth is brown.	D– E— i– b—-. Die Erde ist braun.
The cloud is grey / gray (am.).	D– W—- i– g—. Die Wolke ist grau.
The tyres / tires (am.) are black.	D– R—– s— s——. Die Reifen sind schwarz.

What colour / color (am.) is the snow? White.	W—– F—- h– d– S—–? W—. Welche Farbe hat der Schnee? Weiß.
What colour / color (am.) is the sun? Yellow.	W—– F—- h– d– S—-? G—. Welche Farbe hat die Sonne? Gelb.
What colour / color (am.) is the orange? Orange.	W—– F—- h– d– O—–? O—–. Welche Farbe hat die Orange? Orange.

What colour / color (am.) is the cherry? Red.	W—– F—- h– d– K——? R–. Welche Farbe hat die Kirsche? Rot.
What colour / color (am.) is the sky? Blue.	W—– F—- h– d– H—–? B—. Welche Farbe hat der Himmel? Blau.
What colour / color (am.) is the grass? Green.	W—– F—- h– d– G—? G—. Welche Farbe hat das Gras? Grün.

What colour / color (am.) is the earth? Brown.	W—– F—- h– d– E—? B—-. Welche Farbe hat die Erde? Braun.
What colour / color (am.) is the cloud? Grey / Gray (am.).	W—– F—- h– d– W—-? G—. Welche Farbe hat die Wolke? Grau.
What colour / color (am.) are the tyres / tires (am.)? Black.	W—– F—- h—- d– R—–? S——. Welche Farbe haben die Reifen? Schwarz.

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