German words for kids · Colors
How to say “yellow” in German
Yellow is the color of the sun, bananas and ducks: three things kids love and point at all the time.
Yellow in German
gelb
Sounds like ≈ GELP
Good to know: The final b sounds like a p, as with most final consonants in German.
Hear it in a song
Real lines from our German songs, with the English meaning shown in the app:
Rot, blau, gelb und grün!
Red, blue, yellow, green!
from Farben überall (Colors Everywhere)
Eine gelbe Banane!
A yellow banana!
from Ein roter Apfel (A Red Apple)
Meine Socken sind gelb
My socks are yellow
from Meine Schuhe (My Shoes)
The song that teaches it
“Yellow” is one of the key words in this song. Every line is shown in German with its English meaning.
Also sung in: Der Regenbogen, Ein roter Apfel, Meine Schuhe, Die Formen.
Practice ideas for parents
- 1Draw a big sun together and say gelb with every crayon stroke.
- 2At the shops, find yellow fruit: bananas, lemons, yellow peppers.
- 3Play "traffic light": gelb means walk slowly, red means freeze, green means run.
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“Yellow” in other languages
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About the pronunciation: the “sounds like” spellings are rough English approximations for parents (capital letters show the stressed syllable). Germanhas sounds English doesn't, so treat them as a starting point and let the songs be the model. Songs are original and produced with AI music tools. Ideas for using German songs with your family.