"dicke Bohnen"

Es handelt sich herbei um die gemeine weisse Bohne,
`Phaseolus vulgaris´.

Siehe auch common Bean oder haricot bean .

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navy_Beans

"The small, white navy bean, also called pea bean or haricot, is popular in England, and traditionally the main bean of Anglo-America"

Scheinen aber immer weiß zu sein, also auch : "weiße Bohnen".

Kleine Ergänzung: Dicke Bohnen (#1) ist falsch, das ist eine andere Bohnenart (auch Saubohne oder Puffbohne genannt).

Also a small addition: I'm quite sure that I've seen "weiße Bohnen" in various sizes here in Germany. "Navy beans" are the smaller variety, not the bigger variety (which I may have seen only in the "international" section of the store, albeit in German packaging, and not among the "0815" standard German beans on the "regular" shelves, and those larger white beans also differ from the "dicke Bohnen" that are offered.

#*: The only broad beans I have ever seen or eaten are green, never brown.

Probably because we tend to eat fresh beans - or maybe tinned if out of season. Dried are available, of course.

#9 - I think they go brown when dried. You get them in Turkish shops. Avoid, IMO.

I will! Fresh broad beans are delicious and I have never had cause to seek out the brown dried type!