Färgade

Färgade is a Swedish word that functions as both a verb form and a past participle adjective. As the verb form, färgade is the simple past tense of färga, meaning “to color” or “to dye.” It is conjugated with all persons: jag färgade, du färgade, han färgade, vi färgade, ni färgade, de färgade. For example: Jag färgade huset blå.

As an adjective, färgad (singular) and färgade (plural) describe something that has been dyed or colored. The plural form färgade is used with plural nouns, for example färgade bilar, while the singular färgad appears with singular nouns, as in en färgad bil. In definite form one can say den färgade bilen eller de färgade bilarna.

Etymology and cognates: the noun färg meaning color is the basis for the verb färga, and related forms exist in other Scandinavian languages (for example Danish farve/farve and Norwegian farge). The root word is the common source for color-related terms in Swedish, Danish, and Norwegian, with färga serving as the verb derived from färg.

Usage notes: färga and its past tense färgade are regular Swedish forms and are widely used in everyday language, including both actions (to color/dye something in the past) and descriptions (something that has been colored). Agreement follows standard noun-adjective and subject-verb rules.