farve

See also: Farve

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɑːvə/, [ˈfɑ̈ːʋə], [ˈfɑ̈ːʊ]

Etymology 1

From earlier farge, 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”).

Noun

farve c (singular definite farven, plural indefinite farver)

  1. color (US), colour (UK)
  2. color, human skin tone
    Coordinate term: lød
  3. dye, colourant used for hair
Inflection
Declension of farve
common
gender 		singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative farve farven farver farverne
genitive farves farvens farvers farvernes
See also
Colors in Danish · farver (layout · text)
     hvid      grå      sort
             rød; højrød, mørkerød              orange; brun              gul; flødefarvet
             lime, lysegrøn              grøn, mørkegrøn              mintgrøn
             cyan; turkis, lyseblå              azurblå, himmelblå              blå, mørkeblå
             violet; indigo              magenta; lilla              lyserød, rosa
Suits in Danish · farver, kulører (layout · text)
hjerter ruder spar klør

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German varwen, verwen.

Verb

farve (past tense farvede, past participle farvet)

  1. colour
  2. colour, influence, affect

Conjugation

Conjugation of farve
active passive
present farver farves
past farvede farvedes
infinitive farve farves
imperative farv —
participle
present farvende
past farvet
(auxiliary verb have)
gerund farven

References

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