gelb

Meaning

1. yellow
2. (Germany, relational) of the FDP (a libertarian and market-economy promoting political party in Germany)
3. (archaic) blond

Concepts

yellow

amber

luteous

orange

🍊

pale

xanthic

yellowish

saffrony

yellow

yellow

golden

Synonyms

Gelbe

blass

Gelb

gelblich

goldfarben

Translations

amarillo

jaune

giallo

geel

amarelo

groc

flavus

κίτρινος

sarı

أصفر

jaune

amarilla

zer

flāvus

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

gääl

Basel-Landschaft

gäggeligääl

Zürich

gel

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɡɛlp/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: gel

Inherited from Old High German: gelo

Cognate with Dutch: geel

Cognate with English: yellow

In summary

From Middle High German gel (inflected gelwe), from Old High German gelo, from Proto-West Germanic *gelu, 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, Low German geel, English yellow.