gehl
See also: Gehl
East Central German
References
- 2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch, 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 49:
German
Etymology
See the lemma gelb. Compare also the alternation between fahl and falb, in which the b-less form has become the normal one.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡeːl/
Audio (file) - Homophone: Gel
Adjective
gehl (strong nominative masculine singular gehler, comparative gehler, superlative am gehlsten)
- (regional) Alternative form of gelb (“yellow”)
- 1954, Heinrich Böll, Haus ohne Hüter:
- Gut und schön und warm auch klang der Spruch »Safran macht den Kuchen gehl«.
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Usage notes
- The form remains familiar to the general public chiefly from the following famous nursery song in which it is maintained for rhyme:
- Backe, backe Kuchen! ― Bake, bake cake!
- Der Bäcker hat gerufen. ― The baker has called.
- Wer will schönen Kuchen backen, ― Whoever wants to bake good cake,
- Der muss haben sieben Sachen: ― He must have seven things:
- Eier und Schmalz, ― Eggs and lard,
- Butter und Salz, ― Butter and salt,
- Zucker und Mehl, ― Sugar and flour,
- Safran macht den Kuchen gehl. ― Saffron makes the cake yellow.
Declension
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Further reading
- “gehl” in Duden online
Pennsylvania German
Derived terms
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