taubengrau
German, adjective/ˈtaʊ̯bn̩ˌɡʁaʊ̯/
taubengrau is spelled T-A-U-B-E-N-G-R-A-U (10 letters) and appears about once in every 72 million words in written German, the 528,992nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Taubengrau is a German adjective meaning “dove grey” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “in, von einem blass blaugrauen Farbton (wie dem des Gefieders mancher Tauben)”.
What does taubengrau mean in English?
adjective
- 1
dove grey
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. in, von einem blass blaugrauen Farbton (wie dem des Gefieders mancher Tauben)
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 taubengrau
- taubengrauer masculine nominative singular
- taubengraue feminine nominative singular
- taubengraues neuter nominative singular
- taubengrauen genitive masculine singular
- taubengrauem dative masculine singular
- der taubengraue definite includes-article masculine
- die taubengraue definite feminine includes-article
- das taubengraue definite includes-article neuter
- die taubengrauen definite includes-article nominative
- des taubengrauen definite genitive includes-article
- der taubengrauen definite feminine genitive
- dem taubengrauen dative definite includes-article
- den taubengrauen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce taubengrau?
- /ˈtaʊ̯bn̩ˌɡʁaʊ̯/
- [ˈtaʊ̯bn̩ˌɡʁaʊ̯]
- [ˈtaʊ̯bm̩ˌɡʁaʊ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is taubengrau in German?
taubengrau appears about once in every 72 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).