See also: Gehl

East Central German

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Etymology

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Compare German gelb.

Adjective

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gehl

  1. (Erzgebirgisch) yellow, pallid

References

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  • 2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch[1], 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 49:

German

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Etymology

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See the lemma gelb. Compare also the alternation between fahl and falb, in which the b-less form has become the normal one.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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gehl (strong nominative masculine singular gehler, comparative gehler, superlative am gehlsten)

  1. (regional) Alternative form of gelb (yellow)

Usage notes

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  • The form remains familiar to the general public chiefly from the following famous nursery song in which it is maintained for rhyme:
Backe, backe Kuchen!Bake, bake cake!
Der Bäcker hat gerufen.The baker has called.
Wer will guten Kuchen backen,Whoever wants to bake good cake,
Der muss haben sieben Sachen:Must have seven things:
Eier und Schmalz,Eggs and lard,
Butter und Salz,Butter and salt,
Milch und Mehl,Milk and flour,
Safran macht den Kuchen gehl.Saffron makes the cake yellow.
Schieb, schieb in’n Ofen ’nein.Push, push it into the oven.

Declension

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Further reading

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  • gehl” in Duden online

Pennsylvania German

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Etymology

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Compare German gelb, Dutch geel, English yellow.

Adjective

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gehl

  1. yellow

Derived terms

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