vor

See for.

vor

1. 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, page 209:

     I zays enough to make thee grin: / Thee doesn't look vor much good out o'n.

• ROV, RVO, VRO

vor

1. Unstressed form of vòr (“for”).

vor

1. Soft mutation of mor.

• IPA^(key): [ˈvor]
• Hyphenation: vor
• Rhymes: -or

vor m inan (related adjective vorový)

1. raft

• vor in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• vor in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• vor in Internetová jazyková příručka

From Old Norse várr (“our”).

• IPA^(key): /vɔr/, [ˈʋɒ], [ʋɒ]

vor (neuter vort, plural vore)

1. (formal) our, ours

• vores

• fur (obsolete)

From Middle High German vore, vor, from Old High German fora. Cognate with Dutch voor. Compare English fore.

• IPA^(key): /foːr/, [foːɐ̯], [fɔɐ̯]
• Rhymes: -oːɐ̯

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• Homophone: Fort

vor

1. in front of, ahead of (relative location in space)
2. before, prior to, ahead of (relative location in time)
3. ago (location in the past relative to the present)

   vor drei Tagen ― three days ago

   vor einiger Zeit ― a while ago

4. 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 somebody

5. (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.

Like most German prepositions of place and time, vor expresses fixed location with a dative complement and movement (change of location) with an accusative.

• vor allem
• vorm
• vors

• “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.

• IPA^(key): /vɔːr/
• Rhymes: -ɔːr

From Old Norse vár.

vor n (genitive singular vors, nominative plural vor)

1. spring (the season)

• (spring): vortími m

From Old Norse várr.

vor

1. (formal) our, ours

   Mannorð vort liggur við.

   Our reputation is at stake.

• faðirvor

See vér.

vor

1. genitive of vér

• IPA^(key): /ʋoːr/
• Rhymes: -oːr
• Homophone: vår

vor m (definite singular voren, indefinite plural vorer, definite plural vorene)

1. Alternative form of vorr

• orv, rov

• IPA^(key): /ʋoːr/
• Rhymes: -oːr
• Homophones: vòr, vår

vor m (definite singular voren, indefinite plural vorar, definite plural vorane)

1. Alternative form of vorr

• “vor” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• orv, rov, vòr

• IPA^(key): /vor/

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vor

1. third-person plural present indicative of vrea

   ce vor să fac eu?

   what do they want me to do?

(ele/ei) vor (modal auxiliary, third-person plural form of vrea, used with infinitives to form future indicative tenses)

1. (they) will

   bănuiesc că vor vrea să fac eu ceva pentru ei

   I guess they will want me to do something for them

• var

From Middle English for, from Old English for, from Proto-West Germanic *furi.

• IPA^(key): /vɔː/
• Homophone: vour

vor

1. for

• 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