Danish

Interjection

farvel

1. goodbye (farewell)

Noun

farvel n (singular definite farvellet, plural indefinite farveller)

1. goodbye (the wishing of farewell to someone)
   • 1957, Edith Rode, Paa rejse i livet

     Vi begynder Farvellernes Kæde ved Seinen.

     We begin the chain of goodbyes at the Seine.

   • 1970, Henning Ipsen, En af dem

     Det er jo alt det mellem goddagerne og farvellerne der er livet.

     It is, after all, all that which lies between the gooddays and the goodbyes that is life.

   • 2012, Henning Mogensen, Den Spanske Borg, BoD – Books on Demand (ISBN 9788771143195), page 12

     "Jeg hader lange farveller" tænkte han "eller er det bare farveller jeg hader" og højt i kupeen siger han: "til helvede med det hele".

     "I hate long goodbyes ", he thought "or is it just goodbyes that I hate ", and out loud to the train compartment he speaks: "to **** with all of it ".

Declension

References

• “farvel” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• (of interjection) far vel

Interjection

farvel

1. goodbye, or more formally, farewell

Noun

farvel n ‎(definite singular farvelet or farvellet, indefinite plural farvel or farveler or farveller, definite plural farvela or farvelene or farvella or farvellene)

1. farewell, goodbye

   si farvel - to say goodbye

References

• “farvel” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• (of interjection) far vel

Interjection

farvel

1. goodbye, or more formally, farewell

Noun

farvel n ‎(definite singular farvelet, indefinite plural farvel, definite plural farvela)

1. farewell, goodbye

   vinke farvel - to wave goodbye

References

• “farvel” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.