fördern

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German vürdern, from Old High German furdiren, from Proto-West Germanic *furþrijan. The modern vocalism is Central and Low German (compare Middle Low German vörderen). Related to English further. Compare dated German fürder, fürderhin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfœʁdɐn/, ,
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  • Hyphenation: för‧dern

Verb

fördern (weak, third-person singular present fördert, past tense förderte, past participle gefördert, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to further, to foster
  2. (transitive) to support
  3. (transitive) to advance
  4. (transitive) to encourage
  5. (transitive) to mine

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