# för
## 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: /vɵ(ˈ)ɘ/, /vɵ(ː)r/, /fœːr/, /føːr/, /vøːr/

### Preposition

för
* for

## Elfdalian
### Etymology

Cognate with Swedish för.

### Preposition

för
* for

## German Low German
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fœ͡ɐ/
* IPA: /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
* (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
* (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: /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
    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.

##### 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
* inflection of far:
** indefinite nominative plural
** 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: /fœr/

### Preposition

för
* for
* before
* in front of

#### Alternative forms

* f'r

## Polabian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German vör.

### Preposition

för
* 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: /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.

#### Adverb

för
* too; To an excessive degree

#### Conjunction

för
* because

##### Synonyms

* ty

##### See also

* för ... sedan
* för att
* därför
* därför att
* för om
* för-

#### Noun

för c
* (nautical) bow; the front part of a boat or a ship
    Antonym: akter (“stern”)

##### Related terms

* förut

#### Preposition

för
* for; during which time
    för tillfället ― for the moment
* for; as
    att ta för givet ― to take for granted
* 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.
* of; with regard to
    risk för uppror ― risk of rebellion
* 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!
* due to; under the influence of
    att fladdra för vinden ― to flutter due to the wind
* 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.
* 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
* inflection of föra:
** imperative
** present indicative

### Further reading

* för in Svensk ordbok.

### Anagrams

* frö