Polyglot Dictionary

farblos

/ˈfaʁploːs/

adjective B2

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

Adj Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. colourless

    Built from Farbe (colour) + -los (-less).

    • Das Wasser ist farblos.

      The water is colourless.

Made of

  • Farbe colour
  • -los -less

Similar words

neutral

Farblos is literally colourless, and figuratively describes a bland, characterless personality; neutral is the general word for neutral.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

incolora

incolora is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "colourless."

Practice

1 What does farblos mean?

2 Fill the gap: Das Wasser ist ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches farblos?

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