No. 14,181 in German
graue
"Graue" means "gray" in English.
In a sentence
Der graue Himmel kündigt Regen an.
The gray sky is announcing rain.
The word 'graue' is used here attributively as an adjective modifying the noun 'Himmel' (sky), describing its color.
Ich trage eine graue Jacke.
I am wearing a gray jacket.
In this sentence, 'graue' functions as a descriptive adjective, agreeing in gender, number, and case with the noun 'Jacke' (jacket).
Die grauen Katzen schlafen im Korb.
The gray cats are sleeping in the basket.
Here, 'grauen' is the inflected form of the adjective 'grau' used in the plural to describe the noun 'Katzen' (cats).
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