för
Dutch Low Saxon
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old Saxon furi, from Proto-West Germanic *furi, from Proto-Germanic *furi. Cognate with German für.
Pronunciation
editPreposition
editför
Elfdalian
editEtymology
editPreposition
editför
German Low German
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Old Saxon furi, from Proto-West Germanic *furi, from Proto-Germanic *furi. Cognate to German für.
Alternative forms
editPreposition
editför
- (in some dialects, including East Frisian) for
Usage notes
edit- 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
edit- Dutch Low Saxon veur
Etymology 2
editFrom Old Saxon fora, from Proto-West Germanic *forē, from Proto-Germanic *furai. Cognate to German vor.
Alternative forms
editPreposition
editför
- (in some dialects) in front of
Usage notes
edit- Authors who imitate or mimic German orthography spell this preposition vör (like German vor), but the preceding preposition för (like German für).
Icelandic
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Old Norse fǫr, from Proto-Germanic *farō.
Noun
editför f (genitive singular farar, nominative plural farir)
- 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.
- 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.
- Revelation 6-11 (English and Icelandic)
Declension
editDerived terms
edit- förla
- förunautur
- hafa í för með sér (“to effect, to cause, to result in”)
- Helförin (“the Holocaust”)
- 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
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
editför
- inflection of far:
Jersey Dutch
editEtymology
editFrom Dutch voor, from Middle Dutch vore, voor, from Old Dutch fora, fore, from Proto-Germanic *furai.
Pronunciation
editPreposition
editför
Alternative forms
editPolabian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Middle Low German vör.
Preposition
editför
References
edit- The template Template:R:pox:SejDp does not use the parameter(s):
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Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.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
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editPartly from Old Swedish for, Proto-Germanic *furai. Partly from Old Swedish fyrir, firi, fyre, from Old Norse fyrir, from Proto-Germanic *furi.
Adverb
editför
- too; To an excessive degree
Conjunction
editför
Synonyms
editSee also
editNoun
editför c
Declension
editDeclension of för | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | för | fören | förar | förarna |
Genitive | förs | förens | förars | förarnas |
Related terms
editPreposition
editför
- for, for the sake of something or somebody
- 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
editSee föra.
Verb
editför
- inflection of föra:
Further reading
edit- för in Svensk ordbok.
- för in Reverso Context (Swedish-English)
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- East Frisian Low German
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- Rhymes:Icelandic/œːr
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