får

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See also: faar, far, Far, FAR, far-, -far, fár, and fær

Danish

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Danish far, from Old Norse *fāʀ (east), fær (west), from Proto-Germanic *fahaz.

Noun

får n (singular definite fåret, plural indefinite får)

  1. sheep
Declension
Declension of får
neuter
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative får fåret får fårene
genitive fårs fårets fårs fårenes
Hyponyms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

får

  1. present tense of få

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Danish får.

Noun

får n (definite singular fåret, indefinite plural får, definite plural fåra or fårene)

  1. (literary) sheep
    Synonym: sau

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

får

  1. present of få

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

får

  1. present of få

Swedish

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ett får (tamfår (“domestic sheep”))

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /foːr/
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Etymology 1

From Old Swedish fār, from (eastern) Old Norse *fāʀ (Old West Norse fær), from Proto-Germanic *fahaz, from Proto-Indo-European *póḱos.

Noun

får n

  1. sheep (animal)
    – Vad säger fåret? – Fåret säger bä!
    – What does the sheep say? – The sheep says baa!
    – Far, får får får? – Nej, får får inte får. Får får lamm.
    – Father, do sheep have sheep ? – No, sheep do not have sheep . Sheep have lambs .
  2. mutton (as part of a dish – might get qualified as fårkött otherwise)
    får i kål
    fårikål
    fårrätter
    mutton dishes
  3. (derogatory) a sheep (easily led person)
  4. (chiefly Christianity, chiefly plural) a sheep (religious adherent – compare flock)
Declension
Declension of får 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative får fåret får fåren
Genitive fårs fårets fårs fårens
See also

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

får

  1. present indicative of få

References

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