GermanDict
Sign Up Sign In

bunt

adj · /bʊnt/ ·
Etymology

From Middle High German bunt, probably from Latin punctus, whence also English point; this would make it a doublet of Punkt. Dutch bont seems to have somewhat earlier attestations in the relevant sense, but the phonetic form (b- for p- and Dutch -o- for -u-) could hint at Middle High German origin. It is therefore unsettled which of the two borrowed from which.

Translation

  1. spotted, speckled obsolete

    Es wird mir zu bunt.

    I can't stand it.

    Das Motto für den Antiextremismus-Tag war „bunt statt braun“ .

    The slogan for the day against extremism was, "multicolored instead of brown".

  2. brightly coloured source:freedict-eng-deu-dictd
  3. colored source:wikdict-en-de-stardict
  4. variegated; varicoloured ; varicolored source:dictcc-tuchemnitz-de-en
  5. multi-colored; colorful; variegated
  6. mixed, varied, heterogeneous broadly

    ein bunter Haufen

    a motley crew