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The German word for yellow is
gelb





yellow

German Definition


yellow
     Adjektiv:
     [1] gelb, im Farbton Gelb
     [2] hasenfüßig, feige
     [3] sensationsheischend
     [4] gelber Hautton
       [a] gelblich blasses Aussehen mit dem Alter
       [b] meist diskriminierend gemeint: gelblich bis braune Haut besitzend
     Substantiv:
     [1] kein Plural: Der Farbton Gelb
     Verb:
     [1] vergilben



Translations for yellow and their definitions

Gelb
     n. yellow
     n. (short for: Eigelb) yolk
     adj. yellow
     adj. (politics, Germany, relational) of the FDP (a libertarian and market-economy promoting political party in Germany)


Feige
     n-f. fig
     n-f. (vulgar, rare) vulva
     n. rare female equivalent of Feiger: cowardly woman
     n. plural of Feiger
     n. nominative singular of Feiger
     adj. cowardly, yellow
     adv. cowardly
          Er hat sich feige vor der Auseinandersetzung gedrückt. - He′s cowardly chickened out of the argument.


Gelb
     n. yellow
     n. (short for: Eigelb) yolk
     adj. yellow
     adj. (politics, Germany, relational) of the FDP (a libertarian and market-economy promoting political party in Germany)


gilben
     v. (dated, ambitransitive) to turn yellow


vergilben
     v. to turn yellow


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