lila
German, adjective
lila is spelled L-I-L-A (4 letters) and appears 7.9 times per million words in written German, the 8,529th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lila is a German adjective meaning “lilac, purple, violet (color/colour)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Lila is a different word: “violet, purple (colour)”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “farblich von hellem Violett seiend”.
What does lila mean in English?
adjective
- 1
informallilac, purple, violet (color/colour)
noun
- 1
neuterviolet, purple (colour)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. farblich von hellem Violett seiend
noun: 1. helles Violett, die typische Farbe der Fliederblüte
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 lila
- lila or canonical
- lilaner masculine nominative singular
- lilaer masculine nominative rare
- lilane feminine nominative singular
- lilae feminine nominative rare
- lilanes neuter nominative singular
- lilaes neuter nominative rare
- lilanen genitive masculine singular
- lilaen genitive masculine rare
- lilanem dative masculine singular
- lilaem dative masculine rare
- Lilas nominative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to lila
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lila in German?
lila appears 7.9 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).