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Farm
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farm
English
Proper noun
the Farm
en UK slang Broadwater Farm, an area of Tottenham, North London, England.
en 2020 Jac Shreeves-Lee Broadwater And before you mention the plans to fix up the Farm, let me tell you, all that regeneration talk is just about bulldozing the place and shipping us all out to God knows where.
East Central German
Noun
gmw-ecg noun form
gmw-ecg Farb
Further reading
40
Pfarrer Wild'sche und einige andre Gedichte, P. 31
German
Pronunciation
de /farm/ [faʁm] [faɐ̯m] [faːm]
de De-Farm.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de Farm
Etymology 1
de enm xno la-med la angde farm
19th century, from de en farm, which see. The feminine gender may have been influenced by related de fr ferme f and/or by the synonym de Zucht f.
Noun
f
farm see usage notes
de Hof Bauernhof
de in compounds a farm that specialises in a particular agricultural product
de Zucht with livestock
Usage notes
Most typically used of large farms in (former) colonial regions such as the Americas. Then also used of large or highly industrialised farms elsewhere. Use for smaller, more traditional farms is uncommon, especially with reference to the German-speaking countries or central Europe.
Declension
f
Derived terms
de Baumwollfarm Fischfarm Geflügelfarm Rinderfarm Schweinefarm Straußenfarm
Etymology 2
See the main lemma.
Noun
m,(e)s.sg
de Farn
Etymology 3
de barque
From de gmh varm, from de goh farm a fast boat, skiff, from de gem-pro *farmaz ferry, ship's lading, cargo, arrival, from de ine-pro *per- to go across, traverse. Cognate with ang farm cargo, freight, non farmr load, lading, nl varem. de Prahm, a Slavic loan.
Noun
m,(e)s
de obsolete barque, small boat
de Kahn archaic Nachen
Declension
m,(e)s
Further reading