German adjective · CEFR A1
gelbe
Meaning in English: yellow
This is a form of gelb, which is not in the top 5,000 on its own.
Example
Die gelbe Tonne wird morgen abgeholt.
The yellow bin is collected tomorrow.
How common is gelbe?
gelbe is number 4,937 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 16 times per million words — about once every 62,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 79% of the words in an ordinary German text. A1 means a beginner word, usually met in the first weeks of learning.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 4,933explizitexplicit(ly)
- 4,934Künstlerinnenartists (female, plural)
- 4,935der Erziehernursery teacher, educator
- 4,936zugestimmtagreed, approved
- 4,937gelbeyellow
- 4,938Abteilungendepartments
- 4,939die Aufsichtsupervision, oversight
- 4,940Werkzeugetools
- 4,941buntencolourful
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#4,937
- The most common German adjectives#928
- German A1 vocabulary#781
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.