vor

See also: vör, voer, Voer, VOR, and vor-

English

Etymology

See for.

Preposition

vor

  1. Eye dialect spelling of for.
    • c. 1606, William Shakespeare, King Lear, Act 4, Scene 6:
      Edgar: Ch'ill pick your teeth, zir: come; no matter vor your foins.
    • 1853, May 20, anonymous, “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.

Anagrams

Cornish

Noun

vor

  1. Soft mutation of mor.

Czech

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈvor]

Noun

vor m

  1. raft

Danish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /vɔr/, [vɒ]

Pronoun

vor (neuter vort, plural vore)

  1. (formal) our, ours

Synonyms

See also
Danish personal pronouns
Number Person Inflection Nominative Accusative Possessive Reflexive Reflexive possessive
Singular Firstcommon jeg mig min
neuter mit
plural mine
Secondcommon du dig din
neuter dit
plural dine
formal De Dem Deres
Thirdmasculine han ham hans sig sin
feminine hun hende hendes
common den den dens
neuter det det dets sit
plural sine
Plural First— vi os vores
common vor
neuter vort
plural vore
Second– I jer jeres
formal De Dem Deres
Third– de dem deres sig

German

Etymology

From Middle High German [Term?], from Old High German fora, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *per-. Cognate with Dutch voor. Compare English fore.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /foːɐ̯/
  • Rhymes: -oːɐ̯
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  • Homophone: Fort

Preposition

vor

  1. before, prior to
  2. ahead of, in front of
  3. ago
    vor drei Tagen ― three days ago
  4. because of

Usage notes

The preposition vor is used with accusative case if the verb shows movement from one place to another, whereas it is used with dative case if the verb shows location.

Derived terms

Icelandic

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /vɔːr/
  • Rhymes: -ɔːr

Etymology 1

From Old Norse vár.

Noun

vor n (genitive singular vors, nominative plural vor)

  1. the season spring
Declension
declension of vor
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative vor vorið vor vorin
accusative vor vorið vor vorin
dative vori vorinu vorum vorunum
genitive vors vorsins vora voranna
Synonyms
See also
Seasons in Icelandic · árstíðir (layout · text)
vor (“spring”) sumar (“summer”) haust (“autumn”) vetur (“winter”)

Etymology 2

From Old Norse várr.

Determiner

vor

  1. (formal) our, ours
    Mannorð vort liggur við.
    Our reputation is at stake.
Derived terms

Etymology 3

See vér.

Pronoun

vor

  1. genitive of vér
Declension
Icelandic honorific pronouns
plural first person second person
nominative vér þér
accusative oss yður
dative oss yður
genitive vor yðar

Romanian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /vor/

Verb

vor

  1. third-person plural present indicative of vrea
    ce vor să fac eu?
    what do they want me to do?

Verb

(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

Yola

Preposition

vor

  1. for
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