Farbe

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See also: färbe

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old High German farawa, from Proto-Germanic *farwō.

Pronunciation

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Noun

Farbe f (genitive Farbe, plural Farben)

  1. color; colour
  2. paint
  3. dye, colourant for hair
  4. suit (playing cards)
  5. (heraldry) tincture

Declension

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  • In obsolete usage the genitive and dative singular could take the form der Farben alternatively to der Farbe.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Belarusian: фарба (farba)
  • → Hungarian: farba
  • → Polish: farba
  • → Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: фарба
    Latin script: farba
  • → Slovak: farba
  • → Slovene: farba
  • → Ukrainian: фарба (farba)

See also

Colors in German · Farben (layout · text)
     Weiß      Grau      Schwarz
             Rot (Purpur)              Orange; Braun              Gelb; Creme, Ocker
             Grün (Hellgrün, Neongrün)              Grün (Dunkelgrün)             
             Türkis (Cyan, Meeresgrün)              Blau (Hellblau, Azurblau)              Blau (Dunkelblau)
             Lila, Violett (Blasslila, Altrosa)              Lila, Violett (Magenta, Purpur)              Rosa; Pink

Further reading

  • “Farbe” in Duden online
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