färben

See also: Farben, Färben, and -farben

German

Etymology

From Middle High German verwen, from Old High German farawen, from the root of Farbe (“color, dye, paint”).

Pronunciation
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  • IPA(key): /ˈfɛʁbən/, [ˈfɛɐ̯bm̩]
  • Rhymes: -ɛʁbn̩
  • Hyphenation: fär‧ben

Verb

färben (weak, third-person singular present färbt, past tense färbte, past participle gefärbt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to color
  2. to dye

Conjugation

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Derived terms

Further reading
  • “färben” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “färben” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “färben” in Duden online
  • “färben” in OpenThesaurus.de
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