🇬🇧 Listen & Repeat (English)
adjective
The colour of snow or milk. White reflects all visible light and is the lightest colour.
Name des weißen, des hellsten Farbtons, Malfarbe, Streichfarbe.
Adjective. Used before nouns: 'a white shirt', or after verbs: 'the snow is white'. Common collocations: white lie (a harmless lie), white noise, white wine, egg white.
White is traditionally associated with purity and peace in English-speaking cultures. Brides often wear white at weddings. A 'white flag' means surrender. A 'white lie' is a small, harmless lie told to avoid hurting someone.
Example Sentences
"The man is wearing white clothes."
🇩🇪 "Der Mann trägt weiße Kleidung."
"The clouds are white and the sky is blue."
🇩🇪 "Die Wolken sind weiß und der Himmel ist blau."
Fill in the Blank 🇬🇧 English
The man is wearing ___ clothes.
Practice Quiz
1. What colour is snow?
2. A 'white lie' is: