German word

grün in German sentences

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

Examples

Die Ampel ist grün.

The traffic light is green.

Lara malt den Garten grün.

Lara paints the garden green.

Das Blatt bleibt auch im Herbst grün.

The leaf remains green even in autumn.

Für die Liste markiert der Lehrer die richtige Zeile grün.

For the list, the teacher marks the correct line green.

Nach dem Regen wirkt der Rasen besonders grün.

After the rain, the lawn looks especially green.

Common mistake

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