Translation of "red" - English-German dictionary

red

noun, adjective /red/

› (of) the colour of blood

rot
a red car/dress / cheeks
red cheeks
a red car/dress / cheeks
Her eyes were red with crying.

› (of hair or fur) (of) a colour which varies between a golden brown and a deep reddish-brown.

rot

› (a) communist

rot
A lot of his university friends are Reds.
the Red Army

› the army of the former USSR.

die Rote Armee
redden verb

› to make or become red or redder

rot färben
She reddened her lips with lipstick.

› to blush

erröten
She reddened as she realized her mistake.
reddish adjective

› slightly red

rötlich
reddish hair.
redness noun

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die Röte
redcurrant noun

› a type of garden bush grown for its small red fruit.

die Rote Johannisbeere
redhead noun

› a person with red hair.

der Rotschopf
red herring

› something that leads people away from the main point in a discussion.

das Ablenkungsmanöver

› a false clue or line of enquiry.

das Ablenkungsmanöver
red-hot adjective

› (of metal etc) so hot that it is glowing red

rotglühend
red-hot steel
This iron is red-hot.
Red Indian

› an old-fashioned and offensive word for a North American Indian.

der/die Indianer(in)
red-letter day

› a day which will always be remembered because of something especially good that happened on it.

der Freudentag
red tape

› annoying and unnecessary rules and regulations

bürokratisch
bureaucratic red tape.
be in the red

› to be in debt

in den roten Zahlen sein
When his business failed, he found himself in the red.
catch red-handed

› to find (a person) in the act of doing wrong

auf frischer Tat ertappen
The police caught the thief red-handed.
see red

› to become angry

rot sehen
When he started criticizing my work, I really saw red.

(Translation of “red” from the PASSWORD English–German Dictionary © 2014 K Dictionaries Ltd)

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