gööb

Bavarian

Alternative forms
  • göb (spelling variant)
  • gejb (West Central)
  • gölb (Northern, Southern)

Etymology

From Middle High German gel (inflected gelwe), from Old High German gelo, from Proto-West Germanic *gelu, from Proto-Germanic *gelwaz. Cognates include German gelb, Yiddish געלב (gelb), געל (gel), Dutch geel, English yellow; also Latin helvus, Lithuanian žel̃vas.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡ̥œːb̥/

Adjective

gööb (comparative göber, superlative göbstn) (East Central Bavarian, Vienna)

  1. yellow

See also
Colors in Bavarian · Foarbm (layout · text)
     weiß      grau      schwoarz
             roud/rood              oransch/orange; braun              gejb/gölb/gööb
                          grea/grean             
                          blau              blau
             lila, violett              lila              rosa
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