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rot.

red (colour)

3 characters1 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

adj/roːt/[ʁoːt(ʰ)][roːt][ɣoːtʰ]colloquial
  1. red (colour)

  2. red (pertaining to Marxism in the widest sense: social democratic, socialist, communist)

    relational
  3. red (pertaining to Marxism in the widest sense: social democratic, socialist, communist) of the social democratic SPD or the more rigidly socialist Linke

    Germany · relational
  4. red-haired

    mildly · offensive · possibly
  5. redskin; Native American; Indian

    historical · offensive · possibly
Where this word comes from

From Middle High German rōt (“red, red-haired”), from Old High German rōt (“red, scarlet, purple-red, brown-red, yellow-red”), from Proto-West Germanic *raud, from Proto-Germanic *raudaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rowdʰós, from *h₁rewdʰ-. Compare Low German root, rod, rot, Dutch rood, English red, West Frisian read, Danish rød.

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