Kolorit

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian colorito (“colourful”).

Noun

Kolorit n (strong, genitive Kolorites or Kolorits, plural Kolorite)

(painting) colouring, palette
Synonym: Farbgebung
(music) timbre
(figuratively) mood, character
Synonyms: Atmosphäre, Charakter

Declension

Declension of Kolorit [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Kolorit	die	Kolorite
genitive	eines	des	Kolorites, Kolorits	der	Kolorite
dative	einem	dem	Kolorit, Kolorite¹	den	Koloriten
accusative	ein	das	Kolorit	die	Kolorite

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

Lokalkolorit

Further reading

“Kolorit” in Duden online

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