efter

efter

English

Noun

efter (plural efters)

1. (UK, slang, obsolete) A thief who frequents theaters.
   • 1846, George William MacArthur Reynolds, The Mysteries of London (page 60)

     […] E was an Efter, that went to the play; / F was a Fogle he knapped on his way; […]

References

• 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary

Anagrams

• Freet, freet

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse eptir, from Proto-Norse ᚨᚠᛏᛖᚱ (after), from Proto-Germanic *aftiri (“more aft, further behind”), *after. Related to Norwegian Bokmål etter, Swedish efter, and English after.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛfdɐ/, [ˈefd̥ɐ], [ˈeftɒ̽]

Preposition

efter

1. after; subsequent; later in time than

Related terms

• derefter
• efterspil
• efterskrift

Adverb

efter

1. later, afterwards (in time)
2. after (in a sequence)

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Danish efter, from Old Norse eptir, from Proto-Norse ᚨᚠᛏᛖᚱ (after), from Proto-Germanic *aftiri (“more aft, further behind”), *after. Related to Norwegian Bokmål etter, Swedish efter, and English after.

Preposition

efter

1. (Riksmål) after; subsequent; later in time than

Related terms

• derefter
• efterpå

Adverb

efter

1. (Riksmål) later, afterwards (in time)
2. (Riksmål) after (in a sequence)

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Scots

Etymology

From Middle English after, from Old English æfter, from Proto-Germanic *after, *aftiri.

Preposition

efter

1. after

Adverb

efter (not comparable)

1. after

Conjunction

efter

1. after

References

• “efter” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse eptir, from Proto-Germanic *aftiri (“more aft, further behind”), *after, from Proto-Indo-European *apotero (“further behind, further away”), comparative form of *apo- (“off, behind”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛftɛr/

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Preposition

efter

1. after; subsequent; later in time than or later in a sequence than
2. by; using the rules or logic of
3. by; as in one by one, one after another

   en efter en

   one by one

4. as to; in a manner conforming or corresponding to

   Sortera dem efter storlek och färg.

   Sort them as to size and color.

Related terms

• därefter
• efterhand
• efterklok
• eftersmak
• efterspel
• eftertanke
• eftertänksam
• hädanefter
• härefter
• varefter

 

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West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian efter, from Proto-Germanic *after, *aftiri (“more aft, further behind”).

Preposition

efter

1. behind

Further reading

• “efter”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011