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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)

    Du bist bei Rot über die Ampel gefahren.

    You ran a red light.

    Deine Augen sind rot vom Weinen.

    Your eyes are red with crying.

    Du bist rot im Gesicht.

    Your face is red.

  2. ginger source:wikdict-en-de-stardict
  3. red (pertaining to Marxism in the widest sense: social democratic, socialist, communist) relational
  4. 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
  5. red-haired mildly, offensive, possibly
  6. 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. hearts source:freedict-eng-deu-dictd
  3. red source:wikdict-en-de-stardict
  4. hearts source:dictcc-tuchemnitz-de-en
  5. gules (red in heraldry) neuter, strong
  6. short for rote Karte abbreviation, alt-of, neuter, strong

    Das gibt Rot.

    That’ll be a red card.

  7. 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