vor-
See also: vor, VOR, and vör
German
Etymology
From Middle High German vor-, vore-, from Old High German fora-, from Proto-Germanic *furai-. Cognate with English fore-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈfoːɐ̯]
Prefix
vor-
- pre- (denotes primarily that something is before or in front of another thing or higher in a hierarchy)
Derived terms
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- fór
- fóry
Middle Low German
Alternative forms
- ver-
Etymology
Either from Old Saxon far-, fura- or fur-, from Proto-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-
- modyfying verb-prefix, denoting amongst other things intent towards something or intensification
- vorspreken (to promise) from spreken (to speak), vorgeven (to forgive)
- denotes an action with a negative result such as destruction, loss or spoilage
- vordarven (to rot), vorlysen (to lose)
- denotes an action flawed with a mistake
- vorscriven (to make a mistake in writing) from scriven (to write)
Derived terms
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