farväl – Swedish noun declension

Swedish noun forms of farväl

Noun: farväl
Hyphenation:
Gender: Neuter

Nominative

Sg. Indef.farväl
Sg. Def.farvälet
Pl. Indef.farväl
Pl. Def.farvälen

Genitive

Sg. Indef.farväls
Sg. Def.farvälets
Pl. Indef.farväls
Pl. Def.farvälens

Sample Sentences

  • De sade farväl till den gamle mästergycklaren […] och [gick] tillbaka till skeppet. (They said farewell to the old master jester and went back to the ship.) [1945, Frans G. Bengtsson, Röde Orm [The Long Ships], Norstedt & Söners förlag, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, courtesy of Göteborgs universitetsbibliotek, archived from the original on 04 Jan 2026:]
  • Kungen […] kysste Barsillaj och tog farväl av honom. (The king kissed Barzillai and bid him farewell. (literally, “took farwell of him.”)) [2000, 1973 års bibelkommission [The Swedish Bible Commission of 1973], “Andra Samuelsboken [2 Samuel] 19:39”, in Bibel 2000, © Svenska Bibelsällskapet, accessed at Bible.com, archived from the original on 04 Jan 2026:]

Etymology

From far, the imperative of fara (“to go, to travel”) + väl (“well”). See English farewell for cognates. See: English Nouns 'farewell'.

Verbs referencing "farväl"

English Nouns farewell.

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