See also: farg and færg

Swedish

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Etymology

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Inherited 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

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  • IPA(key): /fɛrj/, [ˈfærːj]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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färg c

  1. colour; the spectral composition of visible light
  2. 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.
  3. colour; human skin tone
  4. colour; colour television
  5. (physics) colour; property of quarks
  6. (heraldry) colour
  7. suit; card game category
  8. paint, dye, colourant

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Finnish: väri

See also

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Suits in Swedish · färger (layout · text)
       
hjärter ruter spader klöver

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