gehl

== East Central German == === Etymology === Compare German gelb. === Adjective === gehl (Erzgebirgisch) yellow, pallid === References === Hendrik Heidler (11 June 2020), 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[1] (in German), 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/ Homophone: Gel === Adjective === gehl (strong nominative masculine singular gehler, comparative gehler, superlative am gehlsten) (regional) alternative form of gelb (“yellow”) ==== 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 guten Kuchen backen, ― Whoever wants to bake good cake, Der muss haben sieben Sachen: ― Must have seven things: Eier und Schmalz, ― Eggs and lard, Butter und Salz, ― Butter and salt, Milch und Mehl, ― Milk and flour, Safran macht den Kuchen gehl. ― Saffron makes the cake yellow. Schieb, schieb in’n Ofen ’nein. ― Push, push it into the oven. ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “gehl” in Duden online == Pennsylvania German == === Etymology === Compare German gelb, Dutch geel, English yellow. === Adjective === gehl yellow ==== Derived terms ==== Gehlrieb