får

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

Danish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fɒːˀ/, [fɒ̝ˀ]
  • Rhymes: -ɒː

Etymology 1

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

Noun

får n (singular definite fåret, plural indefinite får)

  1. sheep
Declension
Declension of får
neuter
gender		 Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative får fåret får fårene
genitive fårs fårets fårs fårenes
Hyponyms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

får

  1. present tense of få

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

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

  1. (literary) sheep

Verb

får

  1. present of få

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

får

  1. present of få

Swedish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /foːr/
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Etymology 1

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

Noun

får n

  1. a sheep (animal)
  2. a sheep, a follower (member of a congregation, follower of a leader, the latter being described as a shepherd)
  3. an idiot (a slow-thinking, stupid person)
Declension
Declension of får 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative får fåret får fåren
Genitive fårs fårets fårs fårens
See also

References

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

får

  1. present indicative of få

Further reading
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