🇩🇪 German from 🇬🇧 English All Words
rot
A1 adjective Farben
🇬🇧 English: red
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🇩🇪 Hören & Wiederholen (German)

Definition

🇩🇪 German
adjective

Roter Farbton, ein bestimmter Abschnitt des sichtbaren Lichts im Spektrum der elektromagnetischen Wellen, Malfarbe, Streichfarbe.

Definition

🇬🇧 English

A bright colour like blood or fire. Red is at the long wavelength end of the colour spectrum.

Grammatik

🇩🇪 German

Gender: neutrum (das). Plural: die Rot.

🇬🇧 Adjective. Used before nouns: 'a red rose', or after verbs: 'the apple is red'. Comparative: redder. Common collocations: red wine, red light, red card (football), red tape (bureaucracy).

Cultural Notes

🇬🇧 English

Red is one of the most emotionally powerful colours in English-speaking cultures. It signals danger (red light, red alert) but also love (red roses on Valentine's Day). 'Red tape' means unnecessary bureaucracy.

Beispielsätze

Die Wand und die Tür sind rot.

"Die Wand und die Tür sind rot."

🇬🇧 "The wall and the door are red."

Im Herbst sind die Blätter rot.

"Im Herbst sind die Blätter rot."

🇬🇧 "In autumn the leaves are red."

Lückentext 🇩🇪 German

Die Wand und die Tür sind ___.

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