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Scharlach.

scarlet (colour)

9 characters2 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈʃaʁlax/
  1. scarlet (colour)

    jargon · masculine · neuter · strong
  2. scarlet-colored fabric

    jargon · masculine · neuter · strong
Where this word comes from

From Middle High German scharlach, backformation from northern Middle High German scharlachen, from Middle Dutch scarlaken, alteration (based on Middle Dutch laken = German Laken) of older *scarlaten (early modern Dutch schaerlaten, southern Middle High German scharlāt), from Old French escarlate, from Persian سقرلاط (saqerlât), from Latin sigillātum.

noun/ˈʃaʁlax/
  1. scarlet fever

    masculine · no-plural · strong
Where this word comes from

Clipping of Scharlachfieber, since the first half of the 19th century.

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