für
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Etymology
From Middle High German vür, from Old High German furi, from Proto-West Germanic *furi, from Proto-Germanic *furi.
Pronunciation
Preposition
für [with accusative]
- for
- Das Geschenk ist für dich.
- The present is for you.
- in favor of, in support of
- Ich bin für die erste Option.
- I'm in favor of the first option.
- by the standards of
- Für einen Ausländer sprichst du sehr gut Deutsch.
- For a foreigner, you speak German very well.
- on behalf of
- Mein Anwalt wird das für mich beantworten.
- My lawyer will answer to that on my behalf.
- kind / type of
- (informal) instead of
- Für die Hose hab ich jetzt den Rock genommen.
- Instead of the trousers [which I chose not to buy], I took the skirt.
- (colloquial, nonstandard) in order to [with zu (+ infinitive) ‘do something’]
- Synonym: um
- Der Papa holt das Werkzeug, für die Waschmaschine zu reparieren.
- Daddy is getting his tools in order to repair the washing machine.
Inflection
Pronominal adverbs of für
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Noun
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