för
See also: Appendix:Variations of "for"
Dutch Low Saxon
Alternative forms
- veur
- vöär (New Saxon Spelling)
Etymology
From Old Saxon furi, from Proto-West Germanic *furi, from Proto-Germanic *furi. Cognate with German für.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vɵ(ˈ)ɘ/, /vɵ(ː)r/, /fœːr/, /føːr/, /vøːr/
German Low German
Etymology 1
From Old Saxon furi, from Proto-West Germanic *furi, from Proto-Germanic *furi. Cognate to German für.
Alternative forms
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).
See also
- Dutch Low Saxon veur
Etymology 2
From Old Saxon fora, from Proto-West Germanic *forē, from Proto-Germanic *furai. Cognate to German vor.
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
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Jersey Dutch
Etymology
From Dutch voor, from Middle Dutch vore, voor, from Old Dutch fora, fore, from Proto-Germanic *furai.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fœr/
Alternative forms
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /føːr/
audio (file)
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.
Synonyms
See also
- för ... sedan
- för att
- därför
- därför att
- för om
- för-
Declension
Declension of för | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | för | fören | förar | förarna |
Genitive | förs | förens | förars | förarnas |
Related terms
Preposition
för
Etymology 2
See föra.
Further reading
- för in Svensk ordbok.
- för in Reverso Context (Swedish-English)
Anagrams
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