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varwe
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Middle Dutch
Alternative forms
- vāerwe, verwe
Etymology
From Old Dutch *farwa, from Proto-West Germanic *faru.
Noun
varwe f
Inflection
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- “varwe”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “varuwe”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page varuwe
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Middle High German
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old High German farwa, farawa, farawī, from Proto-West Germanic *faru.
Noun
varwe f
- 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 ...
- In bright color stands the forest
- c. 1230 (manuscript date), unknown author, Carmina Burana CB138a:
- dye, paint
- appearance
Declension
Declension of varwe (strong feminine in -e)
Derived terms
- blivarwe
- buschvarwe
- küchenvarwe
- liljerosevarwe
- missevarwe
- nitvarwe
- rosenvarwe
- sintvarwe
- vëdervarwe
- wazzervarwe
Related terms
Descendants
- Alemannic German:
- Alsatian: Fàrb
- Swabian: Farb
- Bavarian: Foam
- Cimbrian: bèrbe
- Central Franconian:
- 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
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Middle Low German
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Saxon far(a)wi, from Proto-West Germanic *faru.
Pronunciation
Noun
varwe
Descendants
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