får
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Danish
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[edit]From Old Danish far, from Old Norse *fāʀ (east), fær (west), from Proto-Germanic *fahaz.
Noun
[edit]får n (singular definite fåret, plural indefinite får)
Declension
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Hyponyms
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Verb
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Norwegian Bokmål
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[edit]Noun
[edit]får n (definite singular fåret, indefinite plural får, definite plural fåra or fårene)
Etymology 2
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Verb
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Norwegian Nynorsk
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Swedish
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[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Old Swedish fār, from (eastern) Old Norse *fāʀ (Old West Norse fær), from Proto-Germanic *fahaz, from Proto-Indo-European *póḱos.
Noun
[edit]får n
- sheep (animal)
- – Vad säger fåret? – Fåret säger bä!
- – 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]
- mutton (as part of a dish – might get qualified as fårkött ["sheep meat"] otherwise)
- fårrätter
- mutton dishes
- (derogatory) a sheep (easily led person)
- (chiefly Christianity, chiefly plural) a sheep (religious adherent – compare flock)
Declension
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Related terms
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Verb
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- present indicative of få
References
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