Adjectives / Adverbs | |||||||
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| grayAE / greyBE adj. | grau - Farbe | ||||||
| dull - weather adj. | grau | ||||||
| featureless adj. | grau | ||||||
| grayingAE / greyingBE - hair adj. | graumeliert or: grau meliert | ||||||
| tinged with grayAE tinged with greyBE | graumeliert or: grau meliert | ||||||
| pepper-and-salt adj. - used before noun | grau meliert or: graumeliert - Haare, Textilien | ||||||
| salt-and-pepper adj. - used before noun | grau meliert or: graumeliert - Haare, Textilien | ||||||
| bleak adj. | grau in grau | ||||||
| gloomy adj. | grau in grau | ||||||
| grayAE and drab greyBE and drab | grau in grau | ||||||
| flecked with grayAE [TEXTIL.] flecked with greyBE [TEXTIL.] | graumeliert or: grau meliert | ||||||
| metallic gray | metallisch-grau | ||||||
| horrifying adj. | grauenerregend or: Grauen erregend | ||||||
| terrible adj. | grauenerregend or: Grauen erregend | ||||||
| in the dim and distant past | in grauer Vorzeit | ||||||
| grayAE / greyBE adj. | von grauer Farbe | ||||||
| blood-curdling or: bloodcurdling adj. [fig.] | Grauen erregend | ||||||
Possible base forms | |||||||
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| Graue | |||||||
| grauen (nur 3.P.Sg./Pl.) (Verb) | |||||||
| grau (Adjective) | |||||||
Nouns | |||||||
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| shades of gray (Amer.) | die Grauabstufungen | ||||||
| gray-cheekedAE green pigeon (or: green-pigeon) [ZOOL.] grey-cheekedBE green pigeon (or: green-pigeon) [ZOOL.] | die Graumaskentaube Lat.: Treron griseicauda | ||||||
| plumbeous rail [ZOOL.] | die Grauralle Lat.: Pardirallus sanguinolentus [Ornithology] | ||||||
| grayishAE eagle owl (or: eagle-owl) [ZOOL.] greyishBE eagle owl (or: eagle-owl) [ZOOL.] | der Grauuhu or: Grau-Uhu Lat.: Bubo cinerascens [Ornithology] | ||||||
| vermiculated eagle owl (or: eagle-owl) [ZOOL.] | der Grauuhu or: Grau-Uhu Lat.: Bubo cinerascens [Ornithology] | ||||||
| éminence grise - pl.: éminences grises French | graue Eminenz | ||||||
| grayAE eminence greyBE eminence | graue Eminenz | ||||||
| graynessAE / greynessBE | graue Farbe | ||||||
| grayAE / greyBE | graue Farbe | ||||||
| blue base | graue Filmunterlage | ||||||
| grayAE literature greyBE literature | graue Literatur | ||||||
| ambergris | graue Ambra | ||||||
| grayAE list greyBE list | graue Liste | ||||||
| the monotony of everyday life | der graue Alltag | ||||||
Verbs | |||||||
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| so. dreads sth. | jmdm. rarely: jmdn. graut (es) vor etw.dat. | ||||||
| so. dreads sth. | jmdm. (or: jmdn.) graut vor etw.dat. infinitive: grauen | ||||||
| to have grayAE hair at the temples to have greyBE hair at the temples | had, had | | graue Schläfen haben | hatte, gehabt | | ||||||
Examples | |||||||
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| I'm terrified of him. | Mir graut vor ihm. | ||||||
| That's just pure theory. | Das ist graue Theorie. | ||||||
| His hair has gone grayAE at the temples. His hair has gone greyBE at the temples. | Er hat graue Schläfen. | ||||||
| I dread it. | Ich graue (or: graule) mich davor. | ||||||
| I dread it. | Mir (or: Mich) graut (or: grault) davor. | ||||||
| I dread it. | Mir (or: Mich) graut (or: grault) es davor. | ||||||
| Don't trouble your head about it. | Lass dir darüber keine grauen Haare wachsen. | ||||||
Phrases / Collocations | |||||||
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| to paint a gloomy picture of everything [fig.] | alles grau in grau malen | ||||||
| to look on the black side [fig.] | alles grau in grau sehen | ||||||
| All cats are grayAE in the dark. All cats are greyBE in the dark. | Nachts sind alle Katzen grau. | ||||||
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Orthographically similar words | |
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| gauge, gauze, grace, grade, grape, grate, grave, graze, gruel | Braue, Gaube, Gaupe, gräm, grau, Grau, Grauen, Graupe, Graus, Grube, Grünkuckuck, grün, Grün, Ziergrün, Grünzäsur, Raue, Rauen, rauen, Raufe, Rauke, Raupe, Raute |
Grammar |
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| Allgemeine Regel ein bunter Abend |
| Eigennamen |
| Komma |
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