# efter
## English
### Etymology

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### Noun

efter (plural efters)
* (UK, slang, obsolete) A thief who frequents theaters.
** 1846, George William MacArthur Reynolds, The Mysteries of London, page 60:[…] E was an Efter, that went to the play; / F was a Fogle he knapped on his way; […]

#### References

* John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary

### Anagrams

* Freet, freet

## Danish
### Etymology

From Old Norse eptir, from Proto-Norse ᚨᚠᛏᛖᚱ (after), from Proto-Germanic *aftiri (“more aft, further behind”), *after. Related to Norwegian Bokmål etter, Swedish efter, and English after.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɛfdɐ/, [ˈefd̥ɐ], [ˈeftɒ̽]

### Preposition

efter
* after; subsequent; later in time than

#### Related terms

* derefter
* efterspil
* efterskrift

### Adverb

efter
* later, afterwards (in time)
* after (in a sequence)

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Danish efter, from Old Norse eptir, from Proto-Norse ᚨᚠᛏᛖᚱ (after), from Proto-Germanic *aftiri (“more aft, further behind”), *after. Related to Norwegian Bokmål etter, Swedish efter, and English after.

### Preposition

efter
* (Riksmål) after; subsequent; later in time than

#### Related terms

* derefter
* efterpå

### Adverb

efter
* (Riksmål) later, afterwards (in time)
* (Riksmål) after (in a sequence)

## Old English
### Preposition

efter
* Alternative form of æfter

## Scots
### Etymology

From Middle English after, from Old English æfter, from Proto-West Germanic *aftar.

### Preposition

efter
* after

### Adverb

efter (not comparable)
* after

### Conjunction

efter
* after

### References

* “efter”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.

## Swedish
### Etymology

From Old Norse eptir, from Proto-Germanic *aftiri (“more aft, further behind”), *after, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epóteros (“further behind, further away”), comparative form of *h₂epó (“off, behind”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɛftɛr/
* Audio (Gotland):(file)
* Rhymes: -¹ɛftɛr

### Adjective

efter (not comparable)
* (only used predicatively) slow (from notion of behind others)
    Han är lite efterHe is a bit slow

### Adverb

efter (comparative mer efter, superlative mest efter)
* after

### Preposition

efter
* after; subsequent; later in time than or later in a sequence than
    Jag ska sova efter matenI will take a nap after my meal
    Jag kommer vara proppmätt efter att ha ätitI will be really full after having eaten
    Jag öppnade paketet efter att jag kom hemI opened the package after I got home
* for (seeking, in pursuit of)
    att ringa efter hjälpto call for help
* by; as in one by one, one after another
    en efter enone by one
* by; in a manner conforming or corresponding to
    Sortera dem efter storlek och färgSort them by size and color
* by; using the rules or logic of
    Varje gång hon flyttar in någonstans bygger hon om källaren efter eget tyckeWhenever she moves into a new house she always rebuilds the basement to her own taste

#### Derived terms

* därefter
* efterhand
* efterklok
* eftersmak
* efterspel
* eftertanke
* eftertänksam
* följa efter
* gå inte över ån efter vatten
* hädanefter
* härefter
* höra efter
* se efter
* tänka efter
* varefter

### References

* efter in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* efter in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* efter in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

## West Frisian
### Etymology

From Old Frisian efter, from Proto-West Germanic *aftar (“more aft, further behind”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɛftər/

### Preposition

efter
* behind

#### Further reading

* “efter”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011