Colors and Sizes
Since colors are adjectives, refer to Chapter 2 for a review of how adjective endings work in German.
Fact
Since this book is mainly for speaking purposes, only the predicate adjective form of the German colors is provided.
COLORS (FARBEN)
purple |
lila/violett |
LEE lah/vee oh LET |
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blue |
blau |
blow (rhymes with “wow”) |
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green |
grün |
gruen |
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yellow |
gelb |
ghelp |
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orange |
orange |
oh RAWN zhe |
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red |
rot |
rote |
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black |
schwarz |
shvahrtz |
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white |
weiß |
vice |
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grey |
grau |
grow |
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brown |
braun |
brown |
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pink |
rosa |
ROH zah |
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light blue |
hellblau |
HELL blow |
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dark blue |
dunkelblau |
DOONK ell blow |
SIZES (DIE GRÖSSEN)
clothing size |
die Kleidergröße |
dee KLY duh grer seh |
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shoe size |
die Schuhgröße |
dee SHOO grer seh |
What size do you wear? I wear size
Since German clothing and shoe sizes are numbered according to a different system than the British and American system, you'll need to find a chart of equivalents. If you try something on that doesn't fit, the following vocabulary will come in handy.
USEFUL EXPRESSIONS
large |
groß |
groess |
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larger |
größer |
GRERE suh |
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medium |
mittelgroß |
MIT ell groess |
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small |
klein |
kline |
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smaller |
kleiner |
KLINE uh |
