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The German word for red is
rot





red

German Definition


red
     Adjektiv:
     [1] rot
     [2] übertragen, politisch-ideologisch: links, sozialistisch, kommunistisch
          [1] The strands in her hair are red.
            Die Strähnen in ihrem Haar sind rot.
          [2] China is a red state.
            China ist ein kommunistischer Staat.
     Substantiv:
     [1] ein revolutionärer Sozialist oder (meist) ein Kommunist; ein Bolschewik; ein Unterstützer der Bolschewiki in der russischen Bürgerkrieg



Translations for red and their definitions

Rot
     n. the colour red
     n. (heraldry) gules; red in heraldry
     n. the suit hearts in German playing cards
     adj. red (colour)
     adj. (politics, relational) red (pertaining to Marxism in the widest sense); social democratic; socialist; communist
     adj.          (politics, Germany, in particular, relational) of the social democratic SPD or the more rigidly socialist Linke
     adj. (possibly mildly offensive) red-haired
     adj. (historical, possibly offensive) redskin; Native American; Indian


Rot
     n. the colour red
     n. (heraldry) gules; red in heraldry
     n. the suit hearts in German playing cards
     adj. red (colour)
     adj. (politics, relational) red (pertaining to Marxism in the widest sense); social democratic; socialist; communist
     adj.          (politics, Germany, in particular, relational) of the social democratic SPD or the more rigidly socialist Linke
     adj. (possibly mildly offensive) red-haired
     adj. (historical, possibly offensive) redskin; Native American; Indian


Rote
     n-f. female Red (communist or socialist)
     adj. form of rot


roter
     adj. comparative of rot
     adj. form of rot


rothaarig
     adj. redhaired, redheaded (having red hair)


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