för
See also: for, FOR, fór, fôr, for-, för-, and Appendix:Variations of "for"
Dutch Low Saxon
Alternative forms
- veur
Etymology
Cognate to German für.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vɵ(ˈ)ɘ/, IPA(key): /vɵ(ː)r/, IPA(key): /fœːr/, IPA(key): /føːr/, IPA(key): /vøːr/
Preposition
för
- for
Elfdalian
Etymology
Cognate with Swedish för.
Preposition
för
- for
German Low German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fœ͡ɐ/
- IPA(key): /føːɐ̯/
Etymology 1
Cognate to German für.
Alternative forms
- vor (Low Prussian)
- veur (Dutch Low Saxon)
Preposition
för
- (in some dialects, including East Frisian) for
Usage notes
- 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).
Etymology 2
Cognate to German vor.
Alternative forms
- vär, veer (ver) (Low Prussian)
Preposition
för
- (in some dialects) in front of
Usage notes
- Authors who imitate or mimic German orthography spell this preposition vör (like German vor), but the preceding preposition för (like German für).
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fœːr/
- Rhymes: -œːr
Etymology 1
From Old Norse fǫr, from Proto-Germanic *farō.
Noun
för 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
declension of för
f-s2 | singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | för | förin | farir | farirnar |
accusative | för | förina | farir | farirnar |
dative | för | förinni | förum | förunum |
genitive | farar | fararinnar | fara | faranna |
Synonyms
- (trip): ferð, túr
Derived terms
Derived terms
- förla
- förunautur
- hafa í för með sér (to effect, to cause, to result in)
- 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
See the etymology of the main entry.
Noun
för
- indefinite nominative plural of far
- indefinite accusative plural of far
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /føːr/
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Etymology 1
Partly from Old Swedish for, Proto-Germanic *furai. Partly from Old Swedish fyrir, firi, fyre, from Old Norse fyrir, from Proto-Germanic *furi.
Adverb
för
- too; To an excessive degree
Conjunction
för
- because
Synonyms
- ty
See also
- för ... sedan
- för att
- därför
- därför att
- för om
- för-
Noun
för c
- bow; the front part of a boat or a ship
Declension
Declension of för | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | för | fören | förar | förarna |
Genitive | förs | förens | förars | förarnas |
Related terms
- förut
Preposition
för
- 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
See föra.
Verb
för
- imperative of föra.
- present tense of föra.
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse fœri, from Proto-Germanic *fōriją.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²føːr/, [fʏ̀͜ʷːɾ], [fø̀͜ʷːɾ]
- Rhymes: -ø̀ːr
Noun
för n
- Road conditions.
- Dirt, slush.
- Hä jär ä fali för ti kökän ― The kitchen is awfully uncleanly.
- Disorder, noise.
Derived terms
- ellfør
- førfɑll
- ofør
Preposition
för
- Alternative spelling of fȯr.