gelb

See also: Gelb

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle High German gel (inflected gelwe), from Old High German gelo, from Proto-Germanic *gelwaz. The form gelb is derived from the Middle High German inflected stem (as in herb), while the variant gehl is from the uninflected stem and from dialects that reduce -lw- to -l- in all positions (as in fahl, kahl). It survives in set phrases. Cognate with Dutch geel, English yellow.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡɛlp/
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Adjective

gelb (comparative gelber, superlative am gelbsten)

  1. yellow
    • 1976, Armin Bollinger, Drei Körner vom gelbem Mais. Neue Erzählungen aus Lateinamerika, NZN Buchverlag.
  2. (politics, Germany) pertaining to the FDP (a libertarian and market-economy promoting political party in Germany)
    • 2005, Erich Rückleben, "Die »Neue Linke« macht mobil", Die Brücke, page 47.
      Als im Herbst 1998 die Kohl-Dynastie zu Ende ging, die C-Demokraten nebst gelber FDP-Galle auf die Strafbänke der Opposition geschickt wurde, war zugleich ein Bündnis sozialer Kälte abgewählt, das unter der Führung des Moguls Kohl ingesamt abgewirtschaftet hatte.
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Derived terms

Further reading

  • gelb in Duden online
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