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schwefelgelb

German, adjective[ˈʃveːfl̩ˌɡɛlp]

schwefelgelb is a German adjective meaning “sulfur yellow” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “in einem an Schwefel erinnernden, grünlichen Gelbton”.

What does schwefelgelb mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    sulfur yellow

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. in einem an Schwefel erinnernden, grünlichen Gelbton

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 schwefelgelb

  • schwefelgelber masculine nominative singular
  • schwefelgelbe feminine nominative singular
  • schwefelgelbes neuter nominative singular
  • schwefelgelben genitive masculine singular
  • schwefelgelbem dative masculine singular
  • der schwefelgelbe definite includes-article masculine
  • die schwefelgelbe definite feminine includes-article
  • das schwefelgelbe definite includes-article neuter
  • die schwefelgelben definite includes-article nominative
  • des schwefelgelben definite genitive includes-article
  • der schwefelgelben definite feminine genitive
  • dem schwefelgelben dative definite includes-article
  • den schwefelgelben dative definite includes-article

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce schwefelgelb?

  • [ˈʃveːfl̩ˌɡɛlp]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is schwefelgelb in German?

schwefelgelb appears about once in every 13 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).