färg
Swedish
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Etymology
editInherited from Old Swedish færgha, from Middle Low German verwe or varwe, from Proto-Germanic *farwō. Cognate with German Farbe, Danish farve, Dutch verf and Norwegian farge.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editfärg c
- colour; the spectral composition of visible light
- colour; perceived or named class of colours (1)
- 1952, Hugo Lindh (lyrics and music), “Flottarkärlek [Log driver love]”[1]performed by Gösta "Snoddas" Nordgren:
- Jag var ung en gång för längesen, en flottare med färg. Alla jäntor var som vax uti min famn. I alla torp, i alla byar hade jag en liten vän, ifrån Norderås till skiljet ner vid Berg.
- I was young once, a long time ago, a log driver with color [maybe charming, vital, not gray, etc. – not a (well-known) idiom]. All the girls [somewhat folksy word for girl] were like wax in my arms [embrace]. In every croft, in every village [in all crofts, in all villages], I had a little friend, from Norderås to the log boom [from skilja (“separate”), in the sense of a place where logs are separated] down by Berg.
- colour; human skin tone
- colour; colour television
- (physics) colour; property of quarks
- (heraldry) colour
- suit; card game category
- paint, dye, colourant
Declension
editDeclension of färg
Synonyms
edit- (skin tone): hudfärg
Derived terms
editRelated terms
edit- (colour): färga, färgblind, färgblindhet, färgglad, färg-TV, färgladdning, fyrfärgstryck, målarfärg
- (suit): följa färg, alternerande färg
Descendants
edit- → Finnish: väri
See also
editSuits in Swedish · färger (layout · text) | |||
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hjärter | ruter | spader | klöver |
References
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