för

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Dutch Low Saxon

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Saxon furi, from Proto-West Germanic *furi, from Proto-Germanic *furi. Cognate with German für.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /vɵ(ˈ)ɘ/, /vɵ(ː)r/, /fœːr/, /føːr/, /vøːr/

Preposition

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för

  1. for

Elfdalian

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Etymology

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Cognate with Swedish för.

Preposition

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för

  1. for

German Low German

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Saxon furi, from Proto-West Germanic *furi, from Proto-Germanic *furi. Cognate to German für.

Alternative forms

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Preposition

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för

  1. (in some dialects, including East Frisian) for
Usage notes
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  • Authors who imitate or mimic German orthography spell this preposition för (like German für), but the following preposition (meaning "in front of") vör (like German vor).

See also

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  • Dutch Low Saxon veur

Etymology 2

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From Old Saxon fora, from Proto-West Germanic *forē, from Proto-Germanic *furai. Cognate to German vor.

Alternative forms

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Preposition

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för

  1. (in some dialects) in front of
Usage notes
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  • Authors who imitate or mimic German orthography spell this preposition vör (like German vor), but the preceding preposition för (like German für).

Icelandic

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse fǫr, from Proto-Germanic *farō.

Noun

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för f (genitive singular farar, nominative plural farir)

  1. a journey, a trip, a voyage
    Synonyms: ferð, túr
    • Revelation 6-11 (English and Icelandic)
      Og ég sá, og sjá: Bleikur hestur, og sá er á honum sat, hann hét Dauði, og Hel var í för með honum. Þeim var gefið vald yfir fjórða hluta jarðarinnar, til þess að deyða með sverði, með hungri og drepsótt og láta menn farast fyrir villidýrum jarðarinnar.
      I looked, and there before me was a pale horse! Its rider was named Death, and Hades was following close behind him. They were given power over a fourth of the earth to kill by sword, famine and plague, and by the wild beasts of the earth.
Declension
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    Declension of för
f-s2 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative för förin farir farirnar
accusative för förina farir farirnar
dative för förinni förum förunum
genitive farar fararinnar fara faranna
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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för

  1. inflection of far:
    1. indefinite nominative plural
    2. indefinite accusative plural

Jersey Dutch

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Etymology

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From Dutch voor, from Middle Dutch vore, voor, from Old Dutch fora, fore, from Proto-Germanic *furai.

Pronunciation

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Preposition

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för

  1. for
  2. before
  3. in front of

Alternative forms

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Polabian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Middle Low German vör.

Preposition

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för

  1. for

References

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    Polański, Kazimierz (1994) “för”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka Drzewian połabskich [Etymological Dictionary of the Polabian Drevani Language] (in Polish), number 6 (un – źornü), Warszawa: Energeia, →ISBN, page 1095
  • Polański, Kazimierz, James Allen Sehnert (1967) “för”, in Polabian-English Dictionary, The Hague, Paris: Mouton & Co, page 62
  • Olesch, Reinhold (1973) “Wör”, in Thesaurus Linguae Dravaenopolabicae [Thesaurus of the Drevani language] (in German), volumes 3: T – Z, Cologne, Vienna: Böhlau Verlag, →ISBN, page 1495

Swedish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /føːr/
  • Audio:(file)

Etymology 1

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Partly from Old Swedish for, Proto-Germanic *furai. Partly from Old Swedish fyrir, firi, fyre, from Old Norse fyrir, from Proto-Germanic *furi.

Adverb

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för

  1. too; To an excessive degree

Conjunction

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för

  1. because
Synonyms
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Noun

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för c

  1. (nautical) bow; the front part of a boat or a ship
    Antonym: akter (stern)
Declension
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Declension of för 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative för fören förar förarna
Genitive förs förens förars förarnas
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Preposition

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för

  1. for, for the sake of something or somebody
  2. Used before the object of verbs indicating movement in conjunction with upp and ner
    Hon klättrade upp för en stegeShe climbed up a ladder

Etymology 2

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See föra.

Verb

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för

  1. inflection of föra:
    1. imperative
    2. present indicative

Further reading

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Anagrams

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