stahlgrau
German, adjective[ˈʃtaːlɡʁaʊ̯]
stahlgrau is spelled S-T-A-H-L-G-R-A-U (9 letters) and appears about once in every 35 million words in written German, the 348,070th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Stahlgrau is a German adjective meaning “steel-grey” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “in einem an Stahl erinnernden Grauton, grau wie Stahl”.
What does stahlgrau mean in English?
adjective
- 1
steel-grey
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 Stahl erinnernden Grauton, grau wie Stahl
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 stahlgrau
- stahlgrauer masculine nominative singular
- stahlgraue feminine nominative singular
- stahlgraues neuter nominative singular
- stahlgrauen genitive masculine singular
- stahlgrauem dative masculine singular
- der stahlgraue definite includes-article masculine
- die stahlgraue definite feminine includes-article
- das stahlgraue definite includes-article neuter
- die stahlgrauen definite includes-article nominative
- des stahlgrauen definite genitive includes-article
- der stahlgrauen definite feminine genitive
- dem stahlgrauen dative definite includes-article
- den stahlgrauen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce stahlgrau?
- [ˈʃtaːlɡʁaʊ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is stahlgrau in German?
stahlgrau appears about once in every 35 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).