får

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See also far, fár, and fær

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[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 .

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: /fɔːr/, [fɒːˀ]

[edit] Verb

får

  1. Present of .

[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 (to get)

[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 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 and Swedish  (cattle).


[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Noun

får

  1. (countable and uncountable) sheep

[edit] See also

[edit] Etymology 2

Inflected word.

[edit] Verb

får

  1. present tense of