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Farbe

colour

noun FAR-be Less Common
Descriptions & Qualities Colors

Also means

paint

Usage Note

Farbe means both 'colour' and 'paint', and in card games it means 'suit'. The idiom Farbe bekennen literally 'to confess colour' means 'to show one's true colours' or commit. Remember the final '-e' that English drops.

Examples

"Welche Farbe magst du?"

Natural Translation

Which colour do you like?

Literal Translation

Which colour like you?

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