får

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See also: far, faar, Far, fár, fær, and far-

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Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

Noun

får n (singular definite fåret, plural indefinite får)

  1. A sheep.
  2. (deprecated template usage) indefinite plural of får
Inflection
Hyponyms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See .

Pronunciation

Verb

får

  1. (deprecated template usage) present of

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

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

  1. (literary) sheep

Verb

får

  1. (deprecated template usage) present of

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

får

  1. (deprecated template usage) present of

Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

får n

  1. (countable and uncountable) a sheep (animal)
  2. a sheep, a follower (member of a congregation, follower of a leader, the latter being described as a shepherd)
  3. an idiot (a slow-thinking, stupid person)

Declension

Declension of får 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative får fåret får fåren
Genitive fårs fårets fårs fårens

See also

Verb

får

  1. (deprecated template usage) present tense of .

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