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Estonian Colours

Colours (or colors) are easy wins that make your descriptions come alive. Here are the Estonian words for white, black, red, blue, green, yellow and the rest, with native audio. They’re also a gentle first taste of adjective agreement — colours change their ending to match the noun.

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Estonian is phonetic — words are said the way they’re written. Tap the speaker on any word to hear a native voice, and remember that doubled letters (aa, öö, ss) are simply held longer. New to the sounds? Start with the alphabet & pronunciation guide.

Estonian Colours: words & phrases

44 words · tap the speaker to hear each one.

AudioEstonianEnglish
valgewhite
mustblack
punanered
sinineblue
rohelinegreen
kollaneyellow
pruunbrown
hallgrey
oranžorange
roosapink
lillapurple, violet
beežbeige
kuldnegolden
helelight, bright
tumedark
helesininelight blue
kirjumulticoloured, patterned
triibulinestriped
ruudulinecheckered, plaid
ümarround
teravsharp, pointed
sirgestraight
paksthick, fat
õhukethin, slim
ruutsquare (shape)
kolmnurktriangle
ristkülikrectangle
ringcircle
nurkcorner, angle
joonline
täppdot, spot
värvcolour, paint
lemmikfavourite
lemmikvärvfavourite colour
rõngasring, hoop
külgside
suurcommonbig, large
väikecommonsmall
ilusbeautiful, pretty
heacommongood
halbbad
uusnew
soewarm
külmcold

Read a real Estonian sentence

Built only from words you’d know by this point in the Selgeks course — proof these words add up to real Estonian.

Viljandi on suur ja ilus linn! Festival on ilus — punane, sinine, roheline, kollane ja pruun. Hall Mees on hall — väga hall, väga vana. Meie leib on must ja hea, meie kohv on pruun ja soe. Pääsu on noor ja ilus — mitte hall! Me oleme ilusad!
Viljandi is a big and beautiful city! The festival is beautiful — red, blue, green, yellow and brown. The Grey Man is grey — very grey, very old. Our bread is dark and good, our coffee is brown and warm. Pääsu is young and beautiful — not grey! We are beautiful!

Frequently asked questions

Valge (white), must (black), punane (red), sinine (blue), roheline (green), kollane (yellow). Tap each above to hear it.

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