gelb
German, adjective
gelb is spelled G-E-L-B (4 letters) and appears 29 times per million words in written German, the 2,820th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gelb is a German adjective meaning “yellow” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Gelb is a different word: “yellow”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “die Farbe Gelb betreffend; in der Farbe Gelb”.
What does gelb mean in English?
adjective
- 1
yellow
- 2
related to the FDP (a libertarian and market-economy promoting political party in Germany)
- 3
archaicblond
noun
- 1
neuteryellow
- 2
neutershort for gelbe Karte
- 3
neuterrareellipsis of Eigelb: yolk
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. gelber Farbton; ein bestimmter Abschnitt des sichtbaren Lichts im Spektrum der elektromagnetischen Wellen; Malfarbe, Streichfarbe 2. Ampelphase, bei der gelbes Licht angezeigt wird 3. Gelbe Karte 4. Eigelb
adjective: 1. die Farbe Gelb betreffend; in der Farbe Gelb
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 gelb
- gelber masculine nominative singular
- am gelbsten superlative
- gelbe feminine nominative singular
- gelbes neuter nominative singular
- gelben genitive masculine singular
- gelbem dative masculine singular
- der gelbe definite includes-article masculine
- die gelbe definite feminine includes-article
- das gelbe definite includes-article neuter
- die gelben definite includes-article nominative
- des gelben definite genitive includes-article
- der gelben definite feminine genitive
- dem gelben dative definite includes-article
- Gelbs nominative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to gelb
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gelb in German?
gelb appears 29 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).