kohlrabenschwarz
German, adjective/ˈkoːlˈʁaːbn̩ˈʃvaʁt͡s/
kohlrabenschwarz is spelled K-O-H-L-R-A-B-E-N-S-C-H-W-A-R-Z (16 letters) and appears about once in every 66 million words in written German, the 501,868th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kohlrabenschwarz is a German adjective meaning “pitch black” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “tiefschwarz, so schwarz wie ein Kolkrabe”.
What does kohlrabenschwarz mean in English?
adjective
- 1
pitch black
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. tiefschwarz, so schwarz wie ein Kolkrabe
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 kohlrabenschwarz
- kohlrabenschwarzer masculine nominative singular
- kohlrabenschwarze feminine nominative singular
- kohlrabenschwarzes neuter nominative singular
- kohlrabenschwarzen genitive masculine singular
- kohlrabenschwarzem dative masculine singular
- der kohlrabenschwarze definite includes-article masculine
- die kohlrabenschwarze definite feminine includes-article
- das kohlrabenschwarze definite includes-article neuter
- die kohlrabenschwarzen definite includes-article nominative
- des kohlrabenschwarzen definite genitive includes-article
- der kohlrabenschwarzen definite feminine genitive
- dem kohlrabenschwarzen dative definite includes-article
- den kohlrabenschwarzen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce kohlrabenschwarz?
- /ˈkoːlˈʁaːbn̩ˈʃvaʁt͡s/
- [ˈkoːlˈʁaːbn̩ˈʃvaʁt͡s]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is kohlrabenschwarz in German?
kohlrabenschwarz appears about once in every 66 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).