för

See also: for, FOR, fór, fôr, for-, för-, and Appendix:Variations of "for"

Dutch Low Saxon

Alternative forms

• veur

Etymology

Cognate to German für.

Pronunciation

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

Preposition

för

1. for

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Elfdalian

Etymology

Cognate with Swedish för.

Preposition

för

1. for

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German Low German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fœ͡ɐ/
• IPA^(key): /føːɐ̯/

Etymology 1

Cognate to German für.

Alternative forms

• vor (Low Prussian)
• veur (Dutch Low Saxon)

Preposition

för

1. (in some dialects, including East Frisian) for

Usage notes

• 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).

Etymology 2

Cognate to German vor.

Alternative forms

• vär, veer (ver) (Low Prussian)

Preposition

för

1. (in some dialects) in front of

Usage notes

• Authors who imitate or mimic German orthography spell this preposition vör (like German vor), but the preceding preposition för (like German für).

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fœːr/

  Rhymes: -œːr

Etymology 1

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

Noun

för f (genitive singular farar, nominative plural farir)

1. a journey, a trip, a voyage
   • 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.

Synonyms

• (trip): ferð, túr

Derived terms

Derived terms

• förla
• förunautur
• hafa í för með sér (to effect, to cause, to result in)
• illa til fara

• jarðarför
• slást í för með (to join somebody, to tag along)
• vel til fara (well-dressed)
• vera á förum (to be about to leave)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /føːr/

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Etymology 1

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

Adverb

för

1. too; To an excessive degree

Conjunction

för

1. because

Synonyms

• ty

See also

• för ... sedan
• för att
• därför
• därför att
• för om
• för-

Noun

för c

1. bow; the front part of a boat or a ship

Declension

Declension of för

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	för	förs
	definite	fören	förens
plural	indefinite	förar	förars
	definite	förarna	förarnas

Related terms

• förut

Preposition

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 stege ― She climbed up a ladder

Etymology 2

See föra.

Verb

för

1. (deprecated template usage) imperative of föra.
2. (deprecated template usage) present tense of föra.

Anagrams

• frö

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Westrobothnian

Etymology

From , from .

Noun

1. Road conditions.
2. Dirt, slush.

3. Disorder, noise.

Preposition

1. .