får

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See also: faar, far, Far, FAR, far-, -far, fár, and fær

Danish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Danish far, from Old Norse *fāʀ (east), fær (west), from Proto-Germanic *fahaz.

Noun

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får n (singular definite fåret, plural indefinite får)

  1. sheep
Declension
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Hyponyms
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Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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får

  1. present tense of

Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

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får n (definite singular fåret, indefinite plural får, definite plural fåra or fårene)

  1. (literary) sheep

Verb

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får

  1. present of

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Verb

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får

  1. present of

Swedish

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ett får (tamfår (domestic sheep))

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /foːr/
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Etymology 1

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From Old Swedish fār, from (eastern) Old Norse *fāʀ (Old West Norse fær), from Proto-Germanic *fahaz, from Proto-Indo-European *póḱos.

Noun

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får n

  1. sheep (animal)
    – Vad säger fåret? – Fåret säger !
    – What does the sheep say? – The sheep says baa!
    – Far, får får får? – Nej, får får inte får. Får får lamm.
    – Father, do sheep have sheep [Father, get sheep sheep]? – No, sheep do not have sheep [No, sheep get not sheep]. Sheep have lambs [Sheep get lambs]. [well-known wordplay]
  2. mutton (as part of a dish – might get qualified as fårkött ["sheep meat"] otherwise)
    får i kål
    fårikål ["mutton in cabbage" – a Norwegian dish]
    fårrätter
    mutton dishes
  3. (derogatory) a sheep (easily led person)
  4. (chiefly Christianity, chiefly plural) a sheep (religious adherent – compare flock)
Declension
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Declension of får 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative får fåret får fåren
Genitive fårs fårets fårs fårens
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See also
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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får

  1. present indicative of

References

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