Definition
A visible quality of a surface, such as red, blue, or green.
Translations
- English
- color
- Français
- couleur
- Türkçe
- renk
- Polski
- kolor
- Русский
- цвет
- Українська
- колір
GERMAN DICTIONARY
die Farbe
- A1
- Noun
- Clothing & Appearance
- Home & Household
color
/diː ˈfaʁbə/
Meaning and translations
Meaning, definition and translations of this sense.
Grammar & classification
Main grammatical and classification properties of the word.
- Article
- die
- Gender
- Feminine
- Plural
- Farben
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- A1
- Morphology
- Simple word
- Topics
- Clothing & AppearancePrimaryHome & Household
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Die Farbe der Wand ist hellblau.NominativSing.The color of the wall is light blue.
- Welche Farbe hat dein Auto?AkkusativSing.What color is your car?
- Wir wählen eine helle Farbe für die Wand.AkkusativSing.We choose a light color for the wall.
- Ich male die Sonne mit dieser Farbe.DativSing.I paint the sun with this color.
- Die Farben auf dem Bild sind sehr hell.NominativPlur.The colors in the picture are very light.
- Ich brauche zwei Farben für das Bild.AkkusativPlur.I need two colors for the picture.
- Sie malt mit warmen Farben.DativPlur.She paints with warm colors.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Farbe/ˈfaʁbə/
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Article phrase
die Farbe/diː ˈfaʁbə/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Farbe | die Farben |
| Akkusativ | die Farbe | die Farben |
| Dativ | der Farbe | den Farben |
| Genitiv | der Farbe | der Farben |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Collocationeine Farbe wählen
- Adjective combinationhelle Farbe
- Prepositional constructionin einer anderen Farbein + Dativ
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
- Semantically relatedFarbton
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Formation typeSimple word