ADVANCED LEVEL

Advanced German Word of the Day > Today’s Word (Hear it!)

fahl (adj)
   pale; wan (lit.), faint; drab, colorless; weak (smile);
nauseous, queasy
Comparison: fahl, fahler, am fahlsten

Sein Vater wurde fahl vor Ärger.
His father grew pale with anger.
Mittlerweile war mir extrem fahl im Magen.
In the meantime I felt extremely sick to my stomach.
Es ist Geisterstunde –
das Mondlicht liegt ganz fahl auf dieser Nacht.
It is the witching hour –
the moonlight lies quite pale upon this night.
(From the Wise Guys' song "Schiller" - See lyrics and video.)

Related:
blass faint, pale; vague
bleich pale
trist drab, monotonous
trüb dull, dim, faded; gloomy
verblichen faint, pale
verblasst faint, pale

AUDIO > Listen to this word with examples! (mp3 audio)

BACK > Daily German: Word of the Day (advanced)
MORE > English-German Glossaries
MORE > Previous Words of the Day - Index

FORUM > German Language Forum for learning German

 
Copyright © 2009-2010 Hyde Flippo