förr

See also: forr

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish fyr, from Old Norse fyrr, from Proto-Germanic *furiz, comparative of Proto-Germanic *furi, *furai.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈfœ̞rː]
  • (nonstandard, nonetheless common[1]) IPA(key): [ˈfɵrː]

Adverb

förr

  1. before (at an earlier time); in the past
    Det var bättre förr
    It was better before (things used to be better)
    Förr i tiden var det inte lätt
    It wasn't easy back in the day.
  2. soon, early
    Ju förr desto bättre
    The sooner the better.
    Förr eller senare händer det.
    Sooner or later it will happen.
  3. (dated) rather
    Förr offrar han sin högra hand.
    He'd rather sacrifice his right hand.

Derived terms

References
  1. Tomas Riad (2013) “Våra vokaler förändras. En del flyter samman, andra glider isär. [Our vowels change. Some blend together, others drift apart.]”, in Språktidningen [The language journal]‎, number 3

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