gelb

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German

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Etymology

From Middle High German gel (inflected gelwe), from Old High German gelo, from Proto-West Germanic *gelu, 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

  • IPA(key): /ɡɛlp/
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  • Rhymes: -ɛlp

Adjective

gelb (strong nominative masculine singular gelber, comparative gelber, superlative am gelbsten)

  1. yellow
    Synonyms: honigfarben, senffarben
    • 1976, Armin Bollinger, Drei Körner vom gelbem Mais. Neue Erzählungen aus Lateinamerika, NZN Buchverlag:
  2. (politics, Germany, relational) of the FDP (a libertarian and market-economy promoting political party in Germany)
    • 2005, Erich Rückleben, “Die »Neue Linke« macht mobil”, in 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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  3. (archaic) blond
    Synonym: blond
    • 1901, Wilhelm Haarmann, Deutsch-evangelisches Leben in Brasilien, page 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.

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Further reading

  • gelb” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • gelb” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • gelb” in Duden online
  • gelb” in OpenThesaurus.de
  • gelb on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de