Colors & Appearance in German

This lesson will teach you to describe the colors and appearance of people and things in German. Learn to express whether something is big or small, red or green, beautiful of ugly.

Contents

Colors
Appearance & attributes
Questions & phrases
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This lesson is part of the chapter “Learning German“.

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Colors

	English	German	Pronunciation (Audio)
	light / clear	hell klar
	dark	dunkel
	color [Sg]	(die) Farbe
	colors [Pl]	(die) Farben
	colored	bunt
	white	weiß
	black	schwarz
	yellow	gelb
	orange	orange
	red	rot
	pink	pink
	violet	violett
	blue	blau
	green	grün
	brown	braun
	grey	grau

Appearance & attributes

	English	German	Pronunciation (Audio)
	new	neu
	old	alt
	small	klein
	large / big	groß
	young	jung
	kind / pleasant	lieb freundlich nett
	unkind / unpleasant	unfreundlich gemein
	patient	geduldig
	tall (When talking about people)	groß
	middle sized (When talking about people)	mittelgroß
	small (When talking about people)	klein
	fat	dick
	thin / slim	dünn schlank
	nice / pretty	hübsch
	beautiful	schön wunderschön
	ugly	hässlich
	ill / sick	krank
	healthy	gesund
	happy / cheerful	fröhlich
	sad	traurig
	sporty	sportlich
	ambitioned	ambitioniert
	intelligent	intelligent
	creative	kreativ
	active	aktiv
	sentimental	sentimental
	rational	rational
	emotional	emotional
	natural	natürlich
	romantic	romantisch
	nice / amiable	sympathisch
	spontaneous	spontan
	energetic	energisch
	stressed (out)	gestresst
	relaxed	entspannt
	frustrated	frustriert
	talented	talentiert

Questions & phrases

	English	German	Pronunciation (Audio)
	What does he look like?	Wie sieht er aus?
	What does she look like?	Wie sieht sie aus?
	What is he like?	Wie ist er (so)?
	What is she like?	Wie ist sie (so)?

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