Indigo
German, noun/ˈɪndiɡo/
Indigo is spelled I-N-D-I-G-O (6 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written German, the 32,479th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Indigo is a German masculine noun meaning “indigo, a dye” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein tiefblauer Farbstoff”.
What does Indigo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineneuterindigo, a dye
- 2
masculineneuterIndigofera, plant traditionally used to produce indigo
noun
- 1
neuterindigo, a colour (mostly used without an article)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ein tiefblauer Farbstoff 2. ein tiefbläulich-violetter Farbton
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 Indigo
- Indigos genitive
- Indig variant archaic
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Indigo?
- /ˈɪndiɡo/
- [ˈɪndiɡo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Indigo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Indigo in German?
Indigo appears 1.3 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).