braun

adjective
brown
A1

braun = brown, an ordinary color adjective. Gradable: comparative brauner, superlative am braunsten. It inflects for gender, case and number using German adjective endings (strong/weak/mixed declension). Not a participle. Common descriptive adjective for hair, eyes, skin, and objects. Adjective endings depend on the preceding article.

Examples

Sie hat braune Haare.
She has brown hair.
Das Brot war braun, weil es länger gebacken worden war.
The bread was brown because it had been baked longer.

Details

GradableYes
Comparativebrauner
Superlativeam braunsten
ParticipleNo

Mnemonics

👁️Picture a brown chocolate bar to remember the colour
👂sounds like English 'brown' with an 'r' shifted
⚧️n/a

Notes

Basic colour adjective, used like other German adjectives and inflected depending on case/gender.

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