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/

Preposition

för

1. for

Elfdalian

Etymology

Cognate with Swedish för.

Preposition

för

1. for

German Low German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fœ͡ɐ/
• IPA^(key): /føːɐ̯/

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• vor (Low Prussian)

Preposition

för

1. (in some dialects, including East Frisian) for

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.

Alternative forms

• vär, veer, ver (Low Prussian)
• vör, vœr

Preposition

för

1. (in some dialects) in front of

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)

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.

Declension

Declension of för (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	för	förin	farir	farirnar
accusative	för	förina	farir	farirnar
dative	för	förinni	förum	förunum
genitive	farar	fararinnar	fara	faranna

Derived terms

• förla
• förunautur
• hafa í för með sér (“to effect, to cause, to result in”)
• Helförin (“the Holocaust”)
• illa til fara
• jarðarför
• slást í för með (“to join someone, to tag along”)
• vel til fara (“well-dressed”)
• vera á förum (“to be about to leave”)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

för

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

Jersey Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fœr/

Preposition

för

1. for
2. before
3. in front of

Alternative forms

• f'r

Polabian

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German vör.

Preposition

för

1. for

References

• Polański, Kazimierz (1994), “för”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka Drzewian połabskich [Etymological Dictionary of the Polabian Drevani Language] (in Polish), number 6 (un – źornü), Warszawa: Energeia, →ISBN, page 1095
• 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

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /føːr/

• Audio:

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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.

Adverb

för

1. too; To an excessive degree

Conjunction

för

1. because

Synonyms

• ty

See also

• för ... sedan
• för att
• därför
• därför att
• för om
• för-

Noun

för c

1. (nautical) bow; the front part of a boat or a ship

   Antonym: akter (“stern”)

Declension

Declension of för

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	för	förs
	definite	fören	förens
plural	indefinite	förar	förars
	definite	förarna	förarnas

Related terms

• förut

Preposition

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 köpte 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.

Etymology 2

See föra.

Verb

för

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

Further reading

• för in Svensk ordbok.

Anagrams

• frö