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rot

adj · /roːt/ ·
Etymology

From Middle High German rōt (“red, red-haired”), from Old High German rōt (“red, scarlet, purple-red, brown-red, yellow-red”), from Proto-West Germanic *raud, from Proto-Germanic *raudaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rowdʰós, from *h₁rewdʰ-. Compare Low German root, rod, rot, Dutch rood, English red, West Frisian read, Danish rød.

Translation

  1. red (colour)
  2. red (pertaining to Marxism in the widest sense: social democratic, socialist, communist) relational
  3. red (pertaining to Marxism in the widest sense: social democratic, socialist, communist); of the social democratic SPD or the more rigidly socialist Linke Germany, relational
  4. red-haired mildly, offensive, possibly
  5. redskin; Native American; Indian historical, offensive, possibly

Rot

noun · [ʁoːt] ·
Etymology

Nominalization of rot, which see.

Translation

  1. red (the colour) neuter, strong

    Rot ist meine Lieblingsfarbe.

    Red is my favourite colour.

  2. gules (red in heraldry) neuter, strong
  3. short for rote Karte abbreviation, alt-of, neuter, strong

    Das gibt Rot.

    That’ll be a red card.

  4. synonym of Herz (used alternatively with the so-called “German deck”, never with the “French deck”) neuter, strong

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominative Rot Rots
Accusative Rot Rots
Dative Rot Rots
Genitive Rots Rots