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West Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian for, from Proto-West Germanic *furi, from Proto-Germanic *furi.
Pronunciation
Preposition
foar
- for
- before
foar Kristus- before Christ; BCE
- in front of
Derived terms
Further reading
- “foar (II)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011