vor

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See also: vör, voer, Voer, VOR, vor-, and вор

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

See for.

Preposition[edit]

vor

  1. Pronunciation spelling of for.
    • c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene vi]:
      Edgar: Ch'ill pick your teeth, zir: come; no matter vor your foins.
    • 1853, May 20, anonymous, “Self-sustenance; or, the Lost Pet”, in Punch‎[1], page 209:
      I zays enough to make thee grin: / Thee doesn't look vor much good out o'n.

Anagrams[edit]

Cimbrian[edit]

Preposition[edit]

vor

  1. Unstressed form of vòr (“for”).

Cornish[edit]

Noun[edit]

vor

  1. Soft mutation of mor.

Czech[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈvor]
  • Hyphenation: vor
  • Rhymes: -or

Noun[edit]

vor m inan

  1. raft

Declension[edit]

Declension of vor (hard masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative vor vory
genitive voru vorů
dative voru vorům
accusative vor vory
vocative vore vory
locative voru vorech
instrumental vorem vory

Further reading[edit]

  • vor in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • vor in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse várr (“our”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /vɔr/, [ˈʋɒ], [ʋɒ]

Pronoun[edit]

vor (neuter vort, plural vore)

  1. (formal) our, ours

Synonyms[edit]

See also[edit]

Danish personal pronouns
Number Person Type Nominative Oblique Possessive
common neuter plural
Singular First – jeg mig min mit mine
Second modern / informal du dig din dit dine
formal De Dem Deres
Third masculine (person) han ham hans
feminine (person) hun hende hendes
common(noun) den dens
neuter(noun) det dets
reflexive – sig sin sit sine
Plural First modern vi os vores
archaic / formal vor vort vore
Second – I jer jeres
Third – de dem deres
reflexive – sig

German[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle High German vore, vor, from Old High German fora. Cognate with Dutch voor. Compare English fore.

Pronunciation[edit]

Preposition[edit]

vor

  1. in front of, ahead of (relative location in space)
  2. before, prior to, ahead of (relative location in time)
  3. ago (location in the past relative to the present)
    vor drei Tagen ― three days ago
    vor einiger Zeit ― a while ago
  4. from, against (a threat or negative outcome)
    Er konnte vor dem Tsunami nicht mehr fliehen. ― He couldn't escape (from) the tsunami.
    Du hast mich vorm Ertrinken gerettet. ― You saved me from drowning.
    vor Verlusten schützen ― to protect against losses
    sich vor jemandem verstecken ― to hide from somebody
  5. (what) with, (out) of (stating cause)
    vor Freude weinen ― to cry with joy
    Ich sterbe vor Durst. ― I'm dying of thirst.
    Ich kann dich vor all dem Rauch gar nicht sehen.
    I can't even see you, what with all the smoke.
    Vor lauter Angst traute sich keiner im Raum mehr zu atmen.
    Nobody in the room dared to breathe out of sheer fright.

Usage notes[edit]

Like most German prepositions of place and time, vor expresses fixed location with a dative complement and movement (change of location) with an accusative.

Derived terms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Icelandic[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Norse vár.

Noun[edit]

vor n (genitive singular vors, nominative plural vor)

  1. spring (the season)
Declension[edit]
declension of vor
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative vor vorið vor vorin
accusative vor vorið vor vorin
dative vori vorinu vorum vorunum
genitive vors vorsins vora voranna
Synonyms[edit]

See also[edit]

Seasons in Icelandic · árstíðir (layout · text) · category
vor (“spring”) sumar (“summer”) haust (“autumn”) vetur (“winter”)

Etymology 2[edit]

From Old Norse várr.

Determiner[edit]

vor

  1. (formal) our, ours
    Mannorð vort liggur við.
    Our reputation is at stake.
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 3[edit]

See vér.

Pronoun[edit]

vor

  1. genitive of vér
Declension[edit]
Icelandic honorific pronouns
plural first person second person
nominative vér þér
accusative oss yður
dative oss yður
genitive vor yðar

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

vor m (definite singular voren, indefinite plural vorer, definite plural vorene)

  1. Alternative form of vorr

Anagrams[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

vor m (definite singular voren, indefinite plural vorar, definite plural vorane)

  1. Alternative form of vorr

References[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Romanian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

vor

  1. third-person plural present indicative of vrea
    ce vor să fac eu?
    what do they want me to do?

Verb[edit]

(ele/ei) vor (modal auxiliary, third-person plural form of vrea, used with infinitives to form future indicative tenses)

  1. (they) will
    bănuiesc că vor vrea să fac eu ceva pentru ei
    I guess they will want me to do something for them

Yola[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English vor, from Old English for, from Proto-West Germanic *furi.

Preposition[edit]

vor

  1. for

References[edit]

  • Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 76
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