farbenfroh
German, adjective/ˈfaʁ.bn̩.ˌfʁoː/
farbenfroh is spelled F-A-R-B-E-N-F-R-O-H (10 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 51,196th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Farbenfroh is a German adjective meaning “colourful” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit vielen verschiedenen Farben”.
What does farbenfroh mean in English?
adjective
- 1
colourful
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. mit vielen verschiedenen Farben
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 farbenfroh
- farbenfroher masculine nominative singular
- am farbenfrohsten superlative
- am farbenfrohesten superlative
- farbenfrohe feminine nominative singular
- farbenfrohes neuter nominative singular
- farbenfrohen genitive masculine singular
- farbenfrohem dative masculine singular
- der farbenfrohe definite includes-article masculine
- die farbenfrohe definite feminine includes-article
- das farbenfrohe definite includes-article neuter
- die farbenfrohen definite includes-article nominative
- des farbenfrohen definite genitive includes-article
- der farbenfrohen definite feminine genitive
- dem farbenfrohen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce farbenfroh?
- /ˈfaʁ.bn̩.ˌfʁoː/
- [ˈfaʁbn̩ˌfʁoː]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to farbenfroh
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is farbenfroh in German?
farbenfroh appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).