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får

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See also: faar, far, Far, FAR, far-, -far, fár, fa'r, and fær

Danish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Danish far, from Old Norse *fāʀ (east), fær (west), from Proto-Germanic *fahaz.

Noun

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får n (singular definite fåret, plural indefinite får)

  1. sheep (Ovis aries)
Declension
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Declension of får
neuter
gender
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative får fåret får fårene
genitive fårs fårets fårs fårenes
Hyponyms
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Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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får

  1. present tense of

Norwegian Bokmål

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Danish får.

Noun

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får n (definite singular fåret, indefinite plural får, definite plural fåra or fårene)

  1. (literary) sheep
    Synonym: sau

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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får

  1. present of

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Verb

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får

  1. present of

Swedish

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ett får (tamfår (domestic sheep))

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /foːr/
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Etymology 1

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From Old Swedish fār, from (eastern) Old Norse *fāʀ (Old West Norse fær), from Proto-Germanic *fahaz, from Proto-Indo-European *póḱos.

Noun

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får n

  1. sheep (animal)
    “Vad säger fåret?” – “Fåret säger !”
    “What does the sheep say?” – “The sheep says baa!”
    bräkande fårbleating sheep
    klippa ett fårshear a sheep
    fårklippningsheepshearing
    – Far, får får får?
    – Nej, får får inte får. Får får lamm.
    [simile translation]
    — Sheen, ship sheep sheep?
    — Nay, sheep ship not sheep. Sheep ship sheeplings.
    [ordinary translation]
    — Father, do sheep have sheep?
    – No, sheep don't have sheep. Sheep have lambs.
    [a well-known Swedish wordplay]
  2. sheepmeat; mutton (as part of a dish; otherwise, might get qualified as fårkött (literally sheepmeat))
    får i kålfårikål ["mutton in cabbage" – a Norwegian dish]
    fårrättermutton dishes
  3. (derogatory) a sheep (easily led person)
  4. (chiefly Christianity, chiefly plural) a sheep (religious adherent – compare flock)
Declension
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See also
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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får

  1. present indicative of

References

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