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From Old Saxon furi, from Proto-West Germanic *furi, from Proto-Germanic *furi. Cognate with German für.

  • IPA(key): /vɵ(ˈ)ɘ/, /vɵ(ː)r/, /fœːr/, /føːr/, /vøːr/

för

  1. for

Cognate with Swedish för.

för

  1. for

From Old Saxon furi, from Proto-West Germanic *furi, from Proto-Germanic *furi. Cognate to German für.

för

  1. (in some dialects, including East Frisian) for
  • 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).
  • Dutch Low Saxon veur

From Old Saxon fora, from Proto-West Germanic *forē, from Proto-Germanic *furai. Cognate to German vor.

för

  1. (in some dialects) in front of
  • Authors who imitate or mimic German orthography spell this preposition vör (like German vor), but the preceding preposition för (like German für).

From Old Norse fǫr, from Proto-Germanic *farō.

för f (genitive singular farar, nominative plural farir)

  1. a journey, a trip, a voyage
    Synonyms: ferð, túr
    • 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.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

för

  1. inflection of far:
    1. indefinite nominative plural
    2. indefinite accusative plural

From Dutch voor, from Middle Dutch vore, voor, from Old Dutch fora, fore, from Proto-Germanic *furai.

för

  1. for
  2. before
  3. in front of

Borrowed from Middle Low German vör.

för

  1. for
  • The template Template:R:pox:SejDp does not use the parameter(s): 
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  • Polański, Kazimierz, James Allen Sehnert (1967) “för”, in Polabian-English Dictionary, The Hague, Paris: Mouton & Co, page 62
  • Olesch, Reinhold (1973) “Wör”, in Thesaurus Linguae Dravaenopolabicae [Thesaurus of the Drevani language] (in German), volumes 3: T – Z, Cologne, Vienna: Böhlau Verlag, →ISBN, page 1495

Partly from Old Swedish for, Proto-Germanic *furai. Partly from Old Swedish fyrir, firi, fyre, from Old Norse fyrir, from Proto-Germanic *furi.

för

  1. too; To an excessive degree

för

  1. because

för c

  1. (nautical) bow; the front part of a boat or a ship
    Antonym: akter (“stern”)

för

  1. for; during which time
    för tillfället ― for the moment
  2. for; as
    att ta för givet ― to take for granted
  3. for; in exchange for
    Jag köpade det för 1000 kronor. ― I bought it for 1000 kronor.
    Han betalade för maten. ― He paid for the food.
  4. of; with regard to
    risk för uppror ― risk of rebellion
  5. for; as a result of; because of
    för att ― because (literally, “because of (the fact) that ...”)
    att stämma för förtal ― to sue for defamation
    Tack för hjälpen! ― Thanks for the help!
  6. due to; under the influence of
    att fladdra för vinden ― to flutter due to the wind
  7. for; for the sake of; to the benefit of
    för hans skull ― for his sake
    Jag har gjort så mycket för dig. ― I've done so much for you.
  8. used before the object of verbs indicating movement in conjunction with upp (“up”) and ner (“down”)
    Hon klättrade upp för en stege. ― She climbed up a ladder.

See föra.

för

  1. inflection of föra:
    1. imperative
    2. present indicative