violett
German, adjective
violett is spelled V-I-O-L-E-T-T (7 letters) and appears 3.0 times per million words in written German, the 18,198th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Violett is a German adjective meaning “violet; purple; lilac (color/colour)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Violett is a different word: “violet, purple (colour)”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “farblich im Spektrum zwischen blau und rot liegend”.
What does violett mean in English?
adjective
- 1
violet; purple; lilac (color/colour)
noun
- 1
neuterviolet, purple (colour)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. farblich im Spektrum zwischen blau und rot liegend
noun: 1. Name des violetten Farbtons, eines bestimmten Abschnitts des sichtbaren Lichts im Spektrum der elektromagnetischen Wellen, 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 violett
- violetter masculine nominative singular
- am violettesten superlative
- violette feminine nominative singular
- violettes neuter nominative singular
- violetten genitive masculine singular
- violettem dative masculine singular
- der violette definite includes-article masculine
- die violette definite feminine includes-article
- das violette definite includes-article neuter
- die violetten definite includes-article nominative
- des violetten definite genitive includes-article
- der violetten definite feminine genitive
- dem violetten dative definite includes-article
- Violetts genitive singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to violett
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is violett in German?
violett appears 3.0 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).