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Färv
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Central Franconian
Alternative forms
gmw-cfr Farv eastern Ripuarian
gmw-cfr Farf Moselle Franconian, mostly, gmw-cfr Färf few dialects
Etymology
gmw-cfr ine-pro *perḱ- coloredgmw-cfr gem-pro 1
From gmw-cfr gmh varwe, from gmw-cfr goh farwa, from gmw-cfr gmw-pro *faru, with regular -ar- → -ęr- before a non-alveolar consonant; compare the same in nl verf.
Pronunciation
gmw-cfr /fɛʀf/ /ˈfɛʀəf/
Noun
gmw-cfr noun f plural Färve
gmw-cfr central and western _ Ripuarian colour; paint
gmw-cfr 1981 Verdamp lang her BAP (German band) BAP https://web.archive.org/web/20170918061322/http://www.universal-music.de/niedeckens-bap/videos/detail/video:314185/verdamp-lang-her Frös mich, wann ich zoletz e Beld jemolt hann. Ob mir e Leed tatsächlich jetz jenööch. Ob ich jetz do ben, wo ich henjewollt hann. Ob mer ming Färv op die Tour nit verdrüch. You ask me when I last painted a picture. If a song really suffices me now. If I am now where I wanted to be. If my paint won’t run dry this way. / If my colour won’t wither this way.
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