vor-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "vor"

German

Etymology

From Middle High German vor-, vore-, from Old High German fora-, from Proto-West Germanic *forē-. Cognate with English fore-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfoːɐ̯]

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Prefix

vor-

1. pre- (denotes primarily that something is before or in front of another thing or higher in a hierarchy)

Derived terms

German terms prefixed with vor-

• fór
• fóry

Middle English

Prefix

vor-

1. (chiefly Southern or Kent) Alternative form of for-

Middle Low German

Alternative forms

• ver-

Etymology

Either from Old Saxon far-, fura- or fur-, from Proto-West Germanic *fra-. Cognate with Dutch ver-, German ver-, and English for-. Used in the same way as Dutch er- and German er-

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɔr/, /fœr/
• Modern Low German knows the forms /fɔr/ and /fœr/. Since both of these would normally be spelled ⟨vor-⟩, depending on time and region, it cannot be told from the records which one was thought of as the Middle Low German supraregional standard, nor whether the two pronunciations were associated with different meanings.

Prefix

vor- or vör-

1. modyfying verb-prefix, denoting amongst other things intent towards something or intensification

   vorspreken (to promise) from spreken (to speak), vorgeven (to forgive)

2. denotes an action with a negative result such as destruction, loss or spoilage

   vordarven (to rot), vorlysen (to lose)

3. denotes an action flawed with a mistake

   vorscriven (to make a mistake in writing) from scriven (to write)

Derived terms

Middle Low German terms prefixed with vor-