Farbe
German, noun
Farbe is spelled F-A-R-B-E (5 letters) and appears 54 times per million words in written German, the 1,596th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Farbe is a German feminine noun meaning “colour” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, färbe is a different word: “first-person singular present”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein bestimmter Abschnitt des sichtbaren Lichts im Spektrum der elektromagnetischen Wellen”.
What does Farbe mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecolour
- 2
femininepaint
- 3
femininedye, colourant for hair
- 4
femininesuit (playing cards)
- 5
femininetincture
verb
- 1
first-person singular present
- 2
singular imperative
- 3
first/third-person singular subjunctive I
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ein bestimmter Abschnitt des sichtbaren Lichts im Spektrum der elektromagnetischen Wellen 2. Mittel zum Anstreichen, Färben von Oberflächen und Stoffen 3. Hautrötung und Hautbräune bei hellhäutigen Menschen 4. zusammengehörige Spielkarten in verschiedenen Kartenspielen
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Farbe
- Farben plural
- Farb alternative
- Färbe alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Farbe
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Farbe in German?
Farbe appears 54 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).