får

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Contents 1 Danish 1.1 Etymology 1 1.1.1 Pronunciation 1.1.2 Noun 1.1.2.1 Inflection 1.2 Etymology 2 1.2.1 Pronunciation 1.2.2 Verb 2 Norwegian 2.1 Noun 2.2 Verb 3 Swedish 3.1 Etymology 1 3.1.1 Pronunciation 3.1.2 Noun 3.1.3 See also 3.2 Etymology 2 3.2.1 Verb

[edit] Danish

[edit] Etymology 1

From Old Norse fær.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /fɔːr/, [fɒːˀ]

[edit] Noun

får n. (singular definite fåret, plural indefinite får)

1. sheep

[edit] Inflection

[edit] Etymology 2

See få.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /fɔːr/, [fɒːˀ]

[edit] Verb

får

1. Present of få.

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[edit] Norwegian

[edit] Noun

får n. (definite singular fåret; indefinite plural får; definite plural fåra/fårene)

1. (somewhat archaic) sheep

[edit] Verb

får

1. Present tense of få (to get)

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[edit] Swedish

Inflection for får	Singular		Plural
Neuter	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	får	fåret	får	fåren
Genitive	fårs	fårets	fårs	fårens

[edit] Etymology 1

From Old Norse fé from the common Germanic *fehu, from Proto-Indo-European *peḱu- (“‘livestock, domestic animals’”). Cognate with Latin pecu (“‘heard, flock’”), pecus (“‘sheep, animal’”), pecunia (“‘money’”); Gothic faihu (“‘wealth’”), Old English feoh (“‘livestock, money’”) (English fee) Old Saxon fehu, Old High German fihu (Dutch vee (“‘cattle’”), German Vieh (“‘cattle’”)), Danish fæ and Swedish fä (“‘cattle’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Noun

får

1. (countable and uncountable) sheep

[edit] See also

• bagge
• gumse
• lamm
• tacka

[edit] Etymology 2

Inflected word.

[edit] Verb

får

1. present tense of få