türkis
German, adjective
türkis is spelled T-Ü-R-K-I-S (6 letters) and appears 2.5 times per million words in written German, the 20,546th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Türkis is a German adjective meaning “turquoise (colour)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Türkis is a different word: “turquoise (gemstone)”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “in einer Farbe zwischen blau und grün (für Textilien verwendet, sonst umgangssprachlich)”.
What does türkis mean in English?
adjective
- 1
turquoise (colour)
noun
- 1
masculineturquoise (gemstone)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. in einer Farbe zwischen blau und grün (für Textilien verwendet, sonst umgangssprachlich)
noun: 1. blaugrüner Halbedelstein
noun: 1. Name des türkisfarbenen Farbtons, Malfarbe, Streichfarbe
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 türkis
- türkiser masculine nominative singular
- türkise feminine nominative singular
- türkises neuter nominative singular
- türkisen genitive masculine singular
- türkisem dative masculine singular
- der türkise definite includes-article masculine
- die türkise definite feminine includes-article
- das türkise definite includes-article neuter
- die türkisen definite includes-article nominative
- des türkisen definite genitive includes-article
- der türkisen definite feminine genitive
- dem türkisen dative definite includes-article
- den türkisen dative definite includes-article
- Türkise nominative plural
- Türkises genitive singular
- Türkisen dative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to türkis
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is türkis in German?
türkis appears 2.5 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).