varwe

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *farwa, from Proto-West Germanic *faru.

Noun

varwe f

1. colour
2. paint, dye

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative forms

• vāerwe
• verwe

Derived terms

• varwen

Descendants

• Dutch: verf
  • Afrikaans: verf
  • Negerhollands: verw
  • → Papiamentu: fèrfdó
  • → Sranan Tongo: ferfi
    • → Aukan: felifi
    • → Caribbean Hindustani: verfi
    • → Saramaccan: féifi
• Limburgish: varf

Further reading

• “varwe”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “varuwe”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page varuwe

Middle High German

Alternative forms

• farwe, verwe, var, far

Etymology

From Old High German farwa, farawa, farawī, from Proto-West Germanic *faru.

Noun

varwe

1. color, hue
   • c. 1230 (manuscript date), unknown author, Carmina Burana CB138a:

     In liehter varwe stat der walt
     der vogele schal nu donet ...

     In bright color stands the forest
     The birds' song now resounds ...

2. dye, paint
3. appearance

Declension

Declension of varwe (feminine, class 1 strong)

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	diu	varwe	die	varwe
genitive	einer	dër	varwe	dër	varwen
dative	einer	dër	varwe	dën	varwen
accusative	eine	die	varwe	die	varwe

Derived terms

• blivarwe
• buschvarwe
• küchenvarwe
• liljerosevarwe
• missevarwe
• nitvarwe
• rosenvarwe
• sintvarwe
• vëdervarwe
• wazzervarwe

Related terms

• verwen

Descendants

• Alemannic German:
  • Alsatian: Fàrb
  • Swabian: Farb
• Bavarian: Foam

  Cimbrian: bèrbe

• Central Franconian:

  Hunsrik: Forreb

  Ripuarian: Färv

• German: Farbe (see there for further descendants)
• Luxembourgish: Faarf
• Vilamovian: förf
• Yiddish: פֿאַרב (farb)
• → Czech: barva (see there for further descendants)
• → Lower Sorbian: barwa
• → Slovene: barva
• → Upper Sorbian: barba
• → Old Polish: barwa
  • Polish: barwa
    • → Belarusian: ба́рва (bárva)
    • → Ukrainian: ба́рва (bárva)

Middle Low German

Alternative forms

• verwe

Etymology

From Old Saxon far(a)wi, from Proto-West Germanic *faru.

Pronunciation

• (originally) IPA^(key): /farwə/

Noun

varwe

1. colour
2. dye
3. look, way something looks
4. mark, insignia

Descendants

• Low German: Faarf, Farf, Farv, Farve, Farw, Farwe
• → Danish: farve
  • Norwegian Bokmål: farve (riksmål)
• → Estonian: värv
• → Norwegian Bokmål: farge
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: farge
• → Old Swedish: færgha
  • Swedish: färg
    • → Finnish: väri