German word

grau in German sentences

grau means "grey" in English. Learn the word with article or verb notes, real German examples, and sentence practice.

Examples

Die Jacke ist grau.

The jacket is grey.

Lara malt die Tür grau.

Lara paints the door grey.

Das Haus wirkt im Abendlicht grau.

The house looks grey in the evening light.

Der Hinweis bleibt grau und gut verständlich.

The note remains grey and easy to understand.

Nach dem Regen ist der Himmel leicht grau.

After the rain, the sky is slightly grey.

Common mistake

Do not treat grau as a single isolated translation. Check how it behaves in the example sentence.