Farbe

See also: färbe

German

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Farbe

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Alternative forms

Farb (poetic), Färbe (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle High German varwe, from Old High German farawa, from Proto-West Germanic *faru, from Proto-Germanic *farwō.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfarbə/, [ˈfaʁbə], [ˈfaɐ̯bə], [ˈfaːbə]
Audio: (file)
Hyphenation: Far‧be

Noun

Farbe f (genitive Farbe, plural Farben)

colour
paint
dye, colourant for hair
suit (playing cards)
(heraldry) tincture

Declension

Declension of Farbe [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Farbe	die	Farben
genitive	einer	der	Farbe, Farben¹	der	Farben
dative	einer	der	Farbe, Farben¹	den	Farben
accusative	eine	die	Farbe	die	Farben

¹Obsolete.

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

→ Belarusian: фарба (farba)
→ Hungarian: farba
→ Macedonian: фарба (farba)
→ Polish: farba
→ Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic script: фарба

Latin script: farba
→ Slovak: farba
→ Slovene: farba
→ Ukrainian: фарба (farba)

See also

Colors in German · **Farben** (layout · text)
Weiß	Grau	Schwarz
Rot (Purpur)	Orange; Braun	Gelb; Creme, Ocker
Grün (Hellgrün, Neongrün)	Grün (Dunkelgrün)
Türkis (Cyan, Meeresgrün)	Blau (Hellblau, Azurblau)	Blau (Dunkelblau)
Lila, Violett (Blasslila, Altrosa)	Lila, Violett (Magenta, Purpur)	Rosa; Pink

Further reading

“Farbe” in Duden online
“Farbe” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Farbe”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

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