gehl

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East Central German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Compare German gelb.

Adjective[edit]

gehl

  1. (Erzgebirgisch) yellow, pallid

References[edit]

  • 2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch[1], 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 49:

German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

See the lemma gelb. Compare also the alternation between fahl and falb, in which the b-less form has become the normal one.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

gehl (strong nominative masculine singular gehler, comparative gehler, superlative am gehlsten)

  1. (regional) Alternative form of gelb (yellow)

Usage notes[edit]

  • The form remains familiar to the general public chiefly from the following famous nursery song in which it is maintained for rhyme:
Backe, backe Kuchen!Bake, bake cake!
Der Bäcker hat gerufen.The baker has called.
Wer will schönen Kuchen backen,Whoever wants to bake good cake,
Der muss haben sieben Sachen:He must have seven things:
Eier und Schmalz,Eggs and lard,
Butter und Salz,Butter and salt,
Zucker und Mehl,Sugar and flour,
Safran macht den Kuchen gehl.Saffron makes the cake yellow.

Declension[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • gehl” in Duden online

Pennsylvania German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Compare German gelb, Dutch geel, English yellow.

Adjective[edit]

gehl

  1. yellow

Derived terms[edit]