Language/German/Vocabulary/Colors

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In today's lesson you will learn some useful vocabulary about ¨COLORS¨ in German.

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Some words for Colors in German

ENGLISH	PRONUNCIATION ENGLISH	GERMAN
black	shih vaar tsih	schwarz
white	vah ees	weiß
red	roht	rot
blue	blah ou	blau
yellow	gehlb	gelb
green	grewn	grün
brown	brah oon	braun
beige	beh zhih	beige
colorful	boont	bunt
gold	gohld	gold
grey	grah ou	grau
purple	lih lah	lila
orange	oh rahn zheh	orange
pink	roh sah	rosa
silver	zeel behr	silber
purple	vyoh leht	violett

Here is some vocabulary in German about colors and shapes.

Colors

• beige - beige
• blau - blue
• braun - brown
• bunt - colorful
• gelb - yellow
• gold - gold
• grau - grey
• grün - green
• lila - purple
• orange - orange
• rosa/pink - pink
• rot - red
• schwarz - black
• silber - silver
• türkis - turquoise
• violett - purple
• weiß - white

Shapes

• der Punkt - dot
• die Linie - line
• das Dreieck - triangle
• das Viereck - square
• das Sechseck - hexagon
• das Achteck - octagon
• der Kreis - circle
• das Rechteck - rectangle
• das Oval - oval
• der Würfel - cube
• die Kugel - sphere
• der Kegel - cone
• der Zylinder - cylinder

Practice Phrases

• Das Hemd ist grün. - The shirt is green.
• Die blaue Hose. - The blue pants.
• Die Stoffe in Rot. - The fabrics in red.
• Die orangefarbene Brille. - The orange glasses.

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You should now be able to confidently name and use various colors in your German conversations. But don't stop there! After mastering colors, you can expand your German vocabulary even further by exploring other related topics, such as German food vocabulary, learning the seasons in German, and German body parts vocabulary. So let's dive in and brighten up your language skills with the colors of the German language! 🌈

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