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Farve

Farve

See also: farve

Low German

Noun

Farve f

  1. Alternative spelling of Farwe

farve

farve

See also: Farve

Danish

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Noun

farve c (singular definite farven, plural indefinite farver)

  1. color (US), colour (UK)
  2. color, human skin tone
  3. dye, colourant used for hair

Inflection

See also

Colors in Danish · farver (layout · text)
     rød      grøn      gul      flødefarvet      hvid
     højrød      magenta      turkis      lime      lyserød
     indigo      blå      orange      grå      violet
     sort      lilla      brun      azurblå      cyan
Suits in Danish · farven, kulører (layout · text)
hjerter ruder spar klør

References

Etymology

Older farge, færge, from Middle Low German varwe, verwe, from Old Saxon *farwi, *farawi ‎(“colour”), from Proto-Germanic *farwō, from Proto-Indo-European *per-, *perḱ- ‎(“motley, coloured”). Cognate with Old High German farawa ‎(“color”) (German Farbe), Old High German faro ‎(“colored”), Latin pulcher ‎(“beautiful, sheen”), Ancient Greek περκνός ‎(perknós, “multicolored”), Old Irish earc ‎(“spotted”).

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