farbig
German, adjective/ˈfaʁ.bɪç/
farbig is spelled F-A-R-B-I-G (6 letters) and appears 2.6 times per million words in written German, the 20,214th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Farbig is a German adjective meaning “colored” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit einer oder mehreren Farben versehen; nicht schwarz, weiß oder grau”.
What does farbig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
colored
- 2
datedcolored (of skin color other than white)
- 3
chromatic
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. mit einer oder mehreren Farben versehen; nicht schwarz, weiß oder grau 2. den Zuhörer ansprechend 3. nicht weißhäutig
adjective: 1. mit einer oder mehreren Farben versehen; nicht schwarz, weiß oder grau
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 farbig
- farbiger masculine nominative singular
- am farbigsten superlative
- farbige feminine nominative singular
- farbiges neuter nominative singular
- farbigen genitive masculine singular
- farbigem dative masculine singular
- der farbige definite includes-article masculine
- die farbige definite feminine includes-article
- das farbige definite includes-article neuter
- die farbigen definite includes-article nominative
- des farbigen definite genitive includes-article
- der farbigen definite feminine genitive
- dem farbigen dative definite includes-article
- farb. abbreviation
- fbg. abbreviation
- färbiger comparative
- am färbigsten superlative
- färbige positive nominative strong
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce farbig?
- /ˈfaʁ.bɪç/
- [ˈfaɐ̯.bɪç]
- /ˈfaʁ.bɪk/
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to farbig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is farbig in German?
farbig appears 2.6 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).