orange
German, adjective
orange is spelled O-R-A-N-G-E (6 letters) and appears 14 times per million words in written German, the 5,262nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Orange is a German adjective meaning “orange” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Orange is a different word: “orange (fruit)”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine Farbe zwischen gelb und rot aufweisend, habend”.
What does orange mean in English?
adjective
- 1
orange
noun
- 1
feminineorange (fruit)
noun
- 1
neuterorange (color)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. süßliche, orangefarbene Zitrusfrucht (Citrus sinensis) 2. bittere, aus Pampelmuse und Mandarine hybridisierte Zitrusfrucht (Citrus × aurantium)
noun: 1. Name eines Abschnitts (zwischen Rot und Gelb) im sichtbaren Bereich (Licht) des Spektrums der elektromagnetischen Wellen, Malfarbe, Streichfarbe
adjective: 1. eine Farbe zwischen gelb und rot aufweisend, habend
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 orange
- oranger masculine nominative singular
- orangener colloquial masculine nominative
- am orangesten standard superlative
- am orangensten colloquial superlative
- orangene colloquial feminine nominative
- oranges Standard neuter nominative
- orangenes colloquial neuter nominative
- orangen Standard genitive masculine
- orangenen colloquial genitive masculine
- orangem Standard dative masculine
- orangenem colloquial dative masculine
- Orangen nominative plural
- Oranges nominative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to orange
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is orange in German?
orange appears 14 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).