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Danish
Etymology
From far, imperative of fare (“fare, be”) + vel (“well”).
Pronunciation
Interjection
farvel
- goodbye, farewell
Noun
farvel n (singular definite farvellet, plural indefinite farveller)
- goodbye, farewell (the wishing of farewell to someone)
1957, Edith Rode, Paa rejse i livet:Vi begynder Farvellernes Kæde ved Seinen.- We begin the chain of goodbyes at the Seine.
1970, Henning Ipsen, En af dem:Det er jo alt det mellem goddagerne og farvellerne der er livet.- It is, after all, all that which lies between the gooddays and the goodbyes that is life.
2012, Henning Mogensen, Den Spanske Borg, BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, page 12:"Jeg hader lange farveller" tænkte han "eller er det bare farveller jeg hader" og højt i kupeen siger han: "til helvede med det hele".- "I hate long goodbyes ", he thought "or is it just goodbyes that I hate ", and out loud to the train compartment he speaks: "to hell with all of it ".
Declension
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Norwegian Bokmål
Interjection
farvel
- goodbye, or more formally, farewell
Noun
farvel n (definite singular farvelet or farvellet, indefinite plural farvel or farveler or farveller, definite plural farvela or farvelene or farvella or farvellene)
- farewell, goodbye
- si farvel - to say goodbye
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Norwegian Nynorsk
Interjection
farvel
- goodbye, or more formally, farewell
Noun
farvel n (definite singular farvelet, indefinite plural farvel, definite plural farvela)
- farewell, goodbye
- vinke farvel - to wave goodbye
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