får

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

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
Hyponyms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

får

  1. present tense of

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

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

  1. (literary) sheep

Verb

får

  1. present of

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

får

  1. present of

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /foːr/
  • (file)

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. a sheep (animal)
  2. a sheep, a follower (member of a congregation, follower of a leader, the latter being described as a shepherd)
  3. an idiot (a slow-thinking, stupid person)
Declension
Declension of får 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative får fåret får fåren
Genitive fårs fårets fårs fårens
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References

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

får

  1. present indicative of

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