farve

See also: Farve

Danish

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orange

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blå

violet

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Etymology

Older Danish 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
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

Verb

farve

1. colour
2. colour, influence, affect

References

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, 1st edition, 2nd printing (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Entry: “farfi”)