Hautfarbe
Appearance
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Haut (“skin”) + Farbe (“color”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Hautfarbe f (genitive Hautfarbe, plural Hautfarben)
- skin color; complexion
- Viele Sudanesen sind von fast pechschwarzer Hautfarbe.
- Many Sudanese people are of almost pitch-black skin color.
- a color similar to the average skin color of white people in central and northern Europe, often found in colored pencils; flesh
- Die Milch in deinem Bild sieht unappetitlich aus, weil du sie mit Hautfarbe ausgemalt hast.
- The milk in your picture looks unappetizing, because you colored it in skin color.
Declension
[edit]Declension of Hautfarbe [feminine]
singular | plural | ||||
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indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | eine | die | Hautfarbe | die | Hautfarben |
genitive | einer | der | Hautfarbe | der | Hautfarben |
dative | einer | der | Hautfarbe | den | Hautfarben |
accusative | eine | die | Hautfarbe | die | Hautfarben |
Further reading
[edit]- Hautfarbe on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
- “Hautfarbe” in Duden online
- “Hautfarbe” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache