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Dutch Low Saxon

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Saxon furi, from Proto-West Germanic *furi, from Proto-Germanic *furi. Cognate with German für.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vɵ(ˈ)ɘ/, /vɵ(ː)r/, /fœːr/, /føːr/, /vøːr/

Preposition

för

  1. for

Elfdalian

Etymology

Cognate with Swedish för.

Preposition

för

  1. for

German Low German

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Saxon furi, from Proto-West Germanic *furi, from Proto-Germanic *furi. Cognate to German für.

Alternative forms

Preposition

för

  1. (in some dialects, including East Frisian) for
Usage notes
  • Authors who imitate or mimic German orthography spell this preposition för (like German für), but the following preposition (meaning "in front of") vör (like German vor).

See also

  • Dutch Low Saxon veur

Etymology 2

From Old Saxon fora, from Proto-West Germanic *forē, from Proto-Germanic *furai. Cognate to German vor.

Alternative forms

Preposition

för

  1. (in some dialects) in front of
Usage notes
  • Authors who imitate or mimic German orthography spell this preposition vör (like German vor), but the preceding preposition för (like German für).

Icelandic

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse fǫr, from Proto-Germanic *farō.

Noun

för f (genitive singular farar, nominative plural farir)

  1. a journey, a trip, a voyage
    Synonyms: ferð, túr
    • Revelation 6-11 (English and Icelandic)
      Og ég sá, og sjá: Bleikur hestur, og sá er á honum sat, hann hét Dauði, og Hel var í för með honum. Þeim var gefið vald yfir fjórða hluta jarðarinnar, til þess að deyða með sverði, með hungri og drepsótt og láta menn farast fyrir villidýrum jarðarinnar.
      I looked, and there before me was a pale horse! Its rider was named Death, and Hades was following close behind him. They were given power over a fourth of the earth to kill by sword, famine and plague, and by the wild beasts of the earth.
Declension
declension of för
f-s2 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative för förin farir farirnar
accusative för förina farir farirnar
dative för förinni förum förunum
genitive farar fararinnar fara faranna
Derived terms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

för

  1. inflection of far:
    1. indefinite nominative plural
    2. indefinite accusative plural

Jersey Dutch

Etymology

From Dutch voor, from Middle Dutch vore, voor, from Old Dutch fora, fore, from Proto-Germanic *furai.

Pronunciation

Preposition

för

  1. for
  2. before
  3. in front of

Alternative forms

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /føːr/
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Etymology 1

Partly from Old Swedish for, Proto-Germanic *furai. Partly from Old Swedish fyrir, firi, fyre, from Old Norse fyrir, from Proto-Germanic *furi.

Adverb

för

  1. too; To an excessive degree

Conjunction

för

  1. because
Synonyms
See also

Noun

för c

  1. (nautical) bow; the front part of a boat or a ship
    Antonym: akter (“stern”)
Declension
Declension of för 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative för fören förar förarna
Genitive förs förens förars förarnas
Related terms

Preposition

för

  1. for, for the sake of something or somebody
  2. Used before the object of verbs indicating movement in conjunction with upp and ner
    Hon klättrade upp för en stege ― She climbed up a ladder

Etymology 2

See föra.

Verb

för

  1. inflection of föra:
    1. imperative
    2. present indicative

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