vor-

From Middle High German vor-, vore-, from Old High German fora-, furi-, from Proto-West Germanic *forē-. Cognate with English fore-.

• IPA^(key): [ˈfoːɐ̯]

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vor-

1. pre- (denotes primarily that something is before or in front of another thing or higher in a hierarchy)

• fór
• fóry

vor-

1. (chiefly Southern or Kent) Alternative form of for-

• ver-

Either from Old Saxon far-, fura- or fur-, from Proto-West Germanic *fra-. Cognate with Dutch ver-, German ver-, and English for-. Used in the same way as Dutch er- and German er-

• IPA^(key): /fɔr/, /fœr/
• Modern Low German knows the forms /fɔr/ and /fœr/. Since both of these would normally be spelled ⟨vor-⟩, depending on time and region, it cannot be told from the records which one was thought of as the Middle Low German supraregional standard, nor whether the two pronunciations were associated with different meanings.

vor- or vör-

1. modyfying verb-prefix, denoting amongst other things intent towards something or intensification

   vorspreken (to promise) from spreken (to speak), vorgeven (to forgive)

2. denotes an action with a negative result such as destruction, loss or spoilage

   vordarven (to rot), vorlysen (to lose)

3. denotes an action flawed with a mistake

   vorscriven (to make a mistake in writing) from scriven (to write)