How to Say ‘The light is still blinking red.’ in German
Die Lampe blinkt immer noch rot.
dee LAHM-peh blinkt IM-er nokh roht
[dee LAHM-peh blinkt IM-er nokh roht]
🇩🇪 In Germany: Mentioning the light's colour, or any error code on the display, helps your landlord brief the plumber. It may even let them diagnose the fault over the phone.
Phrase Breakdown
Die Lampe blinkt
dee LAHM-peh blinkt
The light is flashing
'Lampe' here is an indicator light. 'Blinken' means to flash or blink.
Die Lampe blinkt grün.
The light is flashing green.
Words in this phrase
Die
[dee]
the
Definite article used to specify something already known.
Die Katze ist süß.
The cat is cute.
Lampe
[LAHM-peh]
lamp, light
A lamp or indicator light on a device.
Die Lampe im Flur ist kaputt.
The lamp in the hallway is broken.
blinkt
[blinkt]
blinks, flashes
From 'blinken', to flash on and off.
Das Auto blinkt links.
The car is indicating left.
immer noch rot.
IM-er nokh roht
still red.
'Immer noch' means 'still'. 'Noch' has a hard 'ch', like in Scottish 'loch'.
Die Ampel ist immer noch rot.
The traffic light is still red.
Words in this phrase
immer
[IM-er]
still (with 'noch')
'Immer noch' together means still, even now.
Er schläft immer noch.
He is still sleeping.
noch
[nokh]
another / still
Adds the idea of one more thing.
Ich habe noch einen Vorschlag für unser Treffen.
I still have another suggestion for our meeting.
rot
[roht]
red
The color of blood or tomatoes; capitalized when used as a noun.
Die Tomate ist rot.
The tomato is red.
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