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

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Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

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

Noun edit

får n (singular definite fåret, plural indefinite får)

  1. sheep
Declension edit
Hyponyms edit
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb edit

får

  1. present tense of

Norwegian Bokmål edit

Noun edit

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

  1. (literary) sheep

Verb edit

får

  1. present of

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Verb edit

får

  1. present of

Swedish edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /foːr/
  • (file)

Etymology 1 edit

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

Noun edit

får n

  1. 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 edit
Declension of får 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative får fåret får fåren
Genitive fårs fårets fårs fårens
Related terms edit
See also edit

References edit

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb edit

får

  1. present indicative of

Further reading edit