färg

See also: farg and færg

Swedish

Picture dictionary

färg

röd

orange

gul

grön

blå

violett

svart

grå

vit

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Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /fɛrj/, [ˈfærːj]

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Noun

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]”, 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

Declension

Declension of färg
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	färg	färgen	färger	färgerna
Genitive	färgs	färgens	färgers	färgernas

Synonyms

• (skin tone): hudfärg

Related terms

• (colour): färga, färgblind, färgblindhet, färgglad, färg-TV, färgladdning, fyrfärgstryck, målarfärg
• (suit): följa färg, alternerande färg

Descendants

• → Finnish: väri

References

• färg in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• färg in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• färg in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)