farve

See also: Farve

Danish

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

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

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
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              orange; brun              gul; flødefarvet
             lime              grøn             
             cyan; turkis              azurblå              blå
             violet; indigo              magenta; lilla              lyserød
Suits in Danish · farver, kulører (layout · text)
hjerter ruder spar klør

Verb

farve (past tense farvede, past participle farvet)

  1. colour
  2. colour, influence, affect

References
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