"för-" meaning in Swedish

See för- in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prefix

Etymology: From Old Norse for-, fyr-, fir-, Proto-Germanic *fra-, from Proto-Indo-European *pro- (“before, in front of”). Etymology templates: {{der|sv|non|for-}} Old Norse for-, {{der|sv|gem-pro|*fra-}} Proto-Germanic *fra-, {{der|sv|ine-pro|*pro-||before, in front of}} Proto-Indo-European *pro- (“before, in front of”) Head templates: {{head|sv|prefix}} för-
  1. fore-, pre-, before; related to German vor-, emphasis on 1st syllable, see also före- Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-för--sv-prefix-~wS2~b-w Categories (other): Pages using catfix, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages using catfix: 71 29 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 78 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 75 25 Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 73 27
  2. en-, up, be-, an intensifier; related to German ver-, emphasis on 2nd syllable Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-för--sv-prefix-VuKZm8UF
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: bak-, till (english: can be used similar to up)
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        {
          "english": "foreskin",
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          "english": "preindustrial",
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        },
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          "english": "prejudice (\"prejudgment\")",
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        {
          "english": "foreskin",
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        {
          "english": "prehistory",
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        {
          "english": "preindustrial",
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