für
See also: fur, fuer, Fur, Fuer, fúr, fûr, and fur.
German
Alternative forms
- f. (abbreviation)
- fur, vor (obsolete)
- füa (uncommon, regional)
- fuer (nonstandard-spelling)
Etymology
From Middle High German vür, from Old High German furi, from Proto-West Germanic *furi, from Proto-Germanic *furi.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fyːɐ̯/, /fʏɐ̯/, /fyːr/ (standard)
audio (file) audio (file) - IPA(key): /fə/ (reduced form in common speech)
- Homophone: führ
- Rhymes: -yːɐ̯
Preposition
für (+ accusative)
- for
- Das Geschenk ist für dich.
- The present is for you.
- in favor of, in support of
- Ich bin für die erste Option.
- I'm in favor of the first option.
- by the standards of
- Für einen Ausländer sprichst du sehr gut Deutsch.
- For a foreigner, you speak German very well.
- on behalf of
- Mein Anwalt wird das für mich beantworten.
- My lawyer will answer to that on my behalf.
- kind / type of
- Was für ein Kuchen ist das?
- What kind of cake is this?
- (informal) instead of
- Für die Hose hab ich jetzt den Rock genommen.
- Instead of the trousers [which I chose not to buy], I took the skirt.
- (colloquial, nonstandard) in order to (with zu and infinitive)
- Synonym: um
- Der Papa holt das Werkzeug, für die Waschmaschine zu reparieren.
- Daddy is getting his tools in order to repair the washing machine.
Derived terms
- dafür
- fürn
- fürs (für + das)
- Fürtuch
- Fürsorge
- was für
Further reading
- “für” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “für” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
Vilamovian
Pronunciation
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Noun
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