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English

Etymology

See for.

Preposition

vor

  1. Pronunciation spelling of for.
    • c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies  (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :
      Edgar: Ch'ill pick your teeth, zir: come; no matter vor your foins.
    • 1853, May 20, anonymous author, “Self-sustenance; or, the Lost Pet”, in Punch‎, page 209:
      I zays enough to make thee grin: / Thee doesn't look vor much good out o'n.

Anagrams

Cimbrian

Preposition

vor

  1. Unstressed form of vòr (“for”).

Cornish

Noun

vor

  1. Soft mutation of mor.

Czech

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Pronunciation

Noun

vor m inan (related adjective vorový)

  1. raft

Declension

Declension of vor (hard masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative vor vory
genitive voru vorů
dative voru vorům
accusative vor vory
vocative vore vory
locative voru vorech
instrumental vorem vory

Derived terms

nouns

Further reading

  • vor in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • vor in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • vor in Internetová jazyková příručka

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse várr (“our”).

Pronunciation

Pronoun

vor (neuter vort, plural vore)

  1. (formal) our, ours

Synonyms

See also

Danish personal pronouns
Number Person Type Nominative Oblique Possessive
common neuter plural
Singular First – jeg mig min mit mine
Second modern / informal du dig din dit dine
formal De Dem Deres
Third masculine (person) han ham hans
feminine (person) hun hende hendes
common(noun) den dens
neuter(noun) det dets
reflexive – sig sin sit sine
Plural First modern vi os vores
archaic / formal vor vort vore
Second – I jer jeres
Third – de dem deres
reflexive – sig

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle High German vore, vor, from Old High German fora. Cognate with Dutch voor. Compare English fore.

Pronunciation

Preposition

vor

  1. in front of, ahead of (relative location in space)
  2. before, prior to, ahead of (relative location in time)
  3. ago (location in the past relative to the present)
    vor drei Tagen ― three days ago
    vor einiger Zeit ― a while ago
  4. from, against (a threat or negative outcome)
    Er konnte vor dem Tsunami nicht mehr fliehen. ― He couldn't escape (from) the tsunami.
    Du hast mich vorm Ertrinken gerettet. ― You saved me from drowning.
    vor Verlusten schützen ― to protect against losses
    sich vor jemandem verstecken ― to hide from somebody
  5. (what) with, (out) of (stating cause)
    vor Freude weinen ― to cry with joy
    Ich sterbe vor Durst. ― I'm dying of thirst.
    Ich kann dich vor all dem Rauch gar nicht sehen.
    I can't even see you, what with all the smoke.
    Vor lauter Angst traute sich keiner im Raum mehr zu atmen.
    Nobody in the room dared to breathe out of sheer fright.

Usage notes

Like most German prepositions of place and time, vor expresses fixed location with a dative complement and movement (change of location) with an accusative.

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

Icelandic

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse vár.

Noun

vor n (genitive singular vors, nominative plural vor)

  1. spring (the season)
Declension
declension of vor
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative vor vorið vor vorin
accusative vor vorið vor vorin
dative vori vorinu vorum vorunum
genitive vors vorsins vora voranna
Synonyms

See also

Seasons in Icelandic · árstíðir (layout · text) · category
vor (“spring”) sumar (“summer”) haust (“autumn”) vetur (“winter”)

Etymology 2

From Old Norse várr.

Determiner

vor

  1. (formal) our, ours
    Mannorð vort liggur við.
    Our reputation is at stake.
Derived terms

Etymology 3

See vér.

Pronoun

vor

  1. genitive of vér
Declension
Icelandic honorific pronouns
plural first person second person
nominative vér þér
accusative oss yður
dative oss yður
genitive vor yðar

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

Noun

vor m (definite singular voren, indefinite plural vorer, definite plural vorene)

  1. Alternative form of vorr

Anagrams

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

Noun

vor m (definite singular voren, indefinite plural vorar, definite plural vorane)

  1. Alternative form of vorr

References

Anagrams

Romanian

Pronunciation

Verb

vor

  1. third-person plural present indicative of vrea
    ce vor să fac eu?
    what do they want me to do?

Verb

(ele/ei) vor (modal auxiliary, third-person plural form of vrea, used with infinitives to form future indicative tenses)

  1. (they) will
    bănuiesc că vor vrea să fac eu ceva pentru ei
    I guess they will want me to do something for them

Yola

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English for, from Old English for, from Proto-West Germanic *furi.

Pronunciation

Preposition

vor

  1. for

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 76
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