"Es ist gelb."

Translation: It is yellow.

[Chewed_Bubblegum]

I learned in my German class that Gelb counts as yellow, gold and money. So why doesn't gold work??

[Beneficium]

I'm not a native so I can't say there is no such usage, but the most common usage is gelb = yellow, das Gold = gold, das Geld = money. They're pretty close to each other, but different nonetheless.

[Chewed_Bubblegum]

Huh,wonder why my teacher taught us that then...

[Beneficium]

No harm in asking him/her what he/she meant. :) Do post it in here in case you find out about it.

[Chewed_Bubblegum]

I'm out of school :( and I have a different German teacher next year

[Chewed_Bubblegum]

So we'll never know!

[nadgerz]

I got's to know!!

[TimothyDraper]

submarine

[Wajner]

I can barely hear the "l" in it. Can I completely skip it when pronouncing "gelb"?

[porquepuedo]

No. The German "l" sound is different than most instances of "l" in English, however. It's made at the back of the tongue rather than the front.

[Rippler]

What's the etymology of the word "gelb"?

[TrioLinguist]

From Proto-Germanic gelwaz, whence also derives Dutch geel and English yellow. Seems surprisingly different, but it was common for English to turn G's into Y's - for example: Garn (German) - yarn (English); Tag (German) - day (English). Anyway, that Proto-Germanic gelwaz derives from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰelh₃wós, which in turn derives from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰelh₃-.

[ottselz]

Gold is a type of yellow, so personally, I think is should count if one enters yellow.

[KLTah]

adjectives are not declined if they do not precede a noun.