🇬🇧 English from 🇩🇪 German Alle Wörter
red
/rɛd/
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🇩🇪 German: rot
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Definition

🇬🇧 English
adjective

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

Definition

🇩🇪 German

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

Grammar Notes

🇬🇧 English

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

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.

Example Sentences

The wall and the door are red.

"The wall and the door are red."

🇩🇪 "Die Wand und die Tür sind rot."

In autumn the leaves are red.

"In autumn the leaves are red."

🇩🇪 "Im Herbst sind die Blätter rot."

Fill in the Blank 🇬🇧 English

The wall and the door are ___.

Practice Quiz

1. What colour is a rose often associated with love?
2. At a traffic light, red means:

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