rot

Meaning

  1. red (colour)
  2. (relational) red (pertaining to Marxism in the widest sense: social democratic, socialist, communist)
  3. (Germany,relational) red (pertaining to Marxism in the widest sense: social democratic, socialist, communist)
  4. (mildly,offensive,possibly) red-haired
  5. (historical,offensive,possibly) redskin; Native American; Indian

Frequency

B1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/roːt/
Etymology

From Middle High German rōt (“red, red-haired”), from Old High German rōt (“red, scarlet, purple-red, brown-red, yellow-red”), from Proto-West Germanic *raud, from Proto-Germanic *raudaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rowdʰós, from *h₁rewdʰ-. Compare Low German root, rod, rot, Dutch rood, English red, West Frisian read, Danish rød.

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