vor
English
Etymology
See for.
Preposition
vor
- Pronunciation spelling of for.
- c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene vi]:
- Edgar: Ch'ill pick your teeth, zir: come; no matter vor your foins.
- 1853, May 20, anonymous author, “Self-sustenance; or, the Lost Pet”, in Punch[1], page 209:
- I zays enough to make thee grin: / Thee doesn't look vor much good out o'n.
Anagrams
Cimbrian
Preposition
vor
- Unstressed form of vòr (“for”).
Cornish
Noun
vor
- Soft mutation of mor.
Czech
Pronunciation
Noun
vor m inan (related adjective vorový)
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- “vor”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935-1957
- “vor”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “vor”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
Danish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Pronoun
vor (neuter vort, plural vore)
Synonyms
See also
Number | Person | Type | Nominative | Oblique | Possessive | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
common | neuter | plural | |||||
Singular | First | – | jeg | mig | min | mit | mine |
Second | modern / informal | du | dig | din | dit | dine | |
formal | De | Dem | Deres | ||||
Third | masculine (person) | han | ham | hans | |||
feminine (person) | hun | hende | hendes | ||||
common(noun) | den | dens | |||||
neuter(noun) | det | dets | |||||
reflexive | – | sig | sin | sit | sine | ||
Plural | First | modern | vi | os | vores | ||
archaic / formal | vor | vort | vore | ||||
Second | – | I | jer | jeres | |||
Third | – | de | dem | deres | |||
reflexive | – | sig |
German
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle High German vore, vor, from Old High German fora. Cognate with Dutch voor. Compare English fore.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /foːr/, [foːɐ̯], [fɔɐ̯]
- Rhymes: -oːɐ̯
Audio: (file) Audio: (file) Audio (Austria): (file) - Homophone: Fort
Preposition
vor [with dative (indicating location) or accusative (indicating movement)]
- in front of, ahead of (relative location in space)
- before, prior to, ahead of (relative location in time)
- ago (location in the past relative to the present)
- vor drei Tagen ― three days ago
- vor einiger Zeit ― a while ago
- from, against (a threat or negative outcome)
- Er konnte vor dem Tsunami nicht mehr fliehen. ― He couldn't escape (from) the tsunami.
- Du hast mich vorm Ertrinken gerettet. ― You saved me from drowning.
- vor Verlusten schützen ― to protect against losses
- sich vor jemandem verstecken ― to hide from someone
- (what) with, (out) of (stating cause)
- vor Freude weinen ― to cry with joy
- Ich sterbe vor Durst. ― I'm dying of thirst.
- Ich kann dich vor all dem Rauch gar nicht sehen.
- I can't even see you, what with all the smoke.
- Vor lauter Angst traute sich keiner im Raum mehr zu atmen.
- Nobody in the room dared to breathe out of sheer fright.
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “vor” in Duden online
- “vor” in Duden online
- “vor” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “vor” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “vor” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
Icelandic
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
vor n (genitive singular vors, nominative plural vor)
Declension
Synonyms
- (spring): vortími m
See also
Seasons in Icelandic · árstíðir (layout · text) · category | |||
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vor (“spring”) | sumar (“summer”) | haust (“autumn”) | vetur (“winter”) |
Etymology 2
Determiner
vor
Derived terms
Etymology 3
See vér.
Pronoun
vor
Declension
Icelandic honorific pronouns | ||||||
plural | first person | second person | ||||
nominative | vér | þér | ||||
accusative | oss | yður | ||||
dative | oss | yður | ||||
genitive | vor | yðar |
Norwegian Bokmål
Pronunciation
Noun
vor m (definite singular voren, indefinite plural vorer, definite plural vorene)
- Alternative form of vorr
Anagrams
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʋoːr/
- Rhymes: -oːr
- Homophones: vòr, vår
Noun
vor m (definite singular voren, indefinite plural vorar, definite plural vorane)
- Alternative form of vorr
References
- “vor” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams
Romanian
Pronunciation
Verb
vor
Verb
(ele/ei) vor (modal auxiliary, third-person plural form of vrea, used with infinitives to form future indicative tenses)
- (they) will
Yola
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English for, from Old English for, from Proto-West Germanic *furi.
Pronunciation
Preposition
vor
References
- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 76
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