vor

See also: Appendix:Variations of "vor"

English

Etymology

See for.

Preposition

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 author, “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

• ROV, RVO, VRO

Cimbrian

Preposition

vor

1. Unstressed form of vòr (“for”).

Cornish

Noun

vor

1. Soft mutation of mor.

Czech

Pronunciation

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

Noun

vor m inan (related adjective vorový)

1. raft

Declension

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

Derived terms

nouns

• vorař
• vorek

 

Further reading

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

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse várr (“our”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɔr/, [ˈʋɒ], [ʋɒ]

Pronoun

vor (neuter vort, plural vore)

1. (formal) our, ours

Synonyms

• vores

See also

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

Alternative forms

• fur (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /foːr/, [foːɐ̯], [fɔɐ̯]
• Rhymes: -oːɐ̯

• Audio:

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• Homophone: Fort

Preposition

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

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

• vor allem
• vorm
• vors

Related terms

• voran
• vorauf (“ahead of”) (archaic)
• voraus
• vorerst
• vorher
• vorüber

 

Further reading

• “vor” in Duden online
• “vor” in Duden online
• “vor” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “vor” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “vor” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɔːr/
• Rhymes: -ɔːr

Etymology 1

From Old Norse vár.

Noun

vor n (genitive singular vors, nominative plural vor)

1. spring (the season)

Declension

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

• (spring): vortími m

See also

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

Etymology 2

From Old Norse várr.

Determiner

vor

1. (formal) our, ours

   Mannorð vort liggur við.

   Our reputation is at stake.

Derived terms

• faðirvor

Etymology 3

See vér.

Pronoun

vor

1. genitive of vér

Declension

Icelandic honorific pronouns
plural	first person	second person
nominative	vér	þér
accusative	oss	yður
dative	oss	yður
genitive	vor	yðar

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋoːr/
• Rhymes: -oːr
• Homophone: vår

Noun

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

1. Alternative form of vorr

Anagrams

• orv, rov

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋoːr/
• Rhymes: -oːr
• Homophones: vòr, vår

Noun

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

1. Alternative form of vorr

References

• “vor” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• orv, rov, vòr

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vor/

• Audio:

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Verb

vor

1. third-person plural present indicative of vrea

   ce vor să fac eu?

   what do they want me to do?

Verb

(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

Alternative forms

• var

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɔː/
• Homophone: vour

Preposition

vor

1. for

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) 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, published 1867, page 76