four

Bedeutung (English)

Num

1. A numerical value equal to 4; the number after three and before five; two plus two. This many dots (••••)
2. Describing a set or group with four elements.

Noun

1. The digit or figure 4; an occurrence thereof.
2. Anything measuring four units, as length.
3. Four o'clock.
4. A person who is four years old.
5. An event in which the batsmen run four times between the wickets or, more often, a batsman hits a ball which bounces on the ground before passing over a boundary, resulting in an award of 4 runs for the batting team. If the ball does not bounce before passing over the boundary, a six is awarded instead.
6. A power forward.
7. Four-man sweep racing shell, with or without a coxswain.
8. Four-man sweep racing shell, with or without a coxswain.
9. (colloquial) Four-man sweep racing shell, with or without a coxswain.
10. (obsolete) A four-pennyworth of spirits.

Konzepte

vier

4

Vier

4️⃣

vier Flaschen

Doppelvierer

Synonyms

fourth

4th

4

quaternion

quatern

quadruplet

Little Joe

number four

tetrad

four-spot

IV

quaternity

quadri-

quaternary

fore

foursome

four times

iv

quad

quartet

and

several

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/fɔː/

Etymologie (English)

Inherited from Mittelenglisch: four

Inherited from Altenglisch: fēower

Cognate with Schottisch: fower

Cognate with Saterfriesisch: fjauer

Cognate with Westfriesisch: fjouwer

Cognate with Niederländisch: vier

Cognate with Deutsch: vier

Cognate with Norwegisch (Bokmål): -

Cognate with Dänisch: fire

Cognate with Schwedisch: fyra

Cognate with Gotisch: 𐍆𐌹𐌳𐍅𐍉𐍂

Cognate with Latein: quattuor

Cognate with Spanisch: cuatro

Cognate with Französisch: quatre

Cognate with Altgriechisch: τέσσαρες

Cognate with Irisch: ceathair

Cognate with Armenisch: չորս

Cognate with Litauisch: keturi

Cognate with Albanisch: katër

Cognate with Sanskrit: चतुर्

In summary

From Middle English four, from Old English fēower, from Proto-West Germanic *feuwar, from Proto-Germanic *fedwōr, from previous pre-Grimm *petwṓr, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwṓr, the neuter form of *kʷetwóres. Doublet of cuatro and quatre.
Cognates include Scots fower, Saterland Frisian fjauer, West Frisian fjouwer, Dutch vier, German Low German veer, German vier, Norwegian Bokmål and Danish fire, Swedish fyra, Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐌳𐍅𐍉𐍂 (fidwōr) and, more distantly, Latin quattuor (whence Spanish cuatro, French quatre), Ancient Greek τέσσαρες (téssares), Irish ceathair, Armenian չորս (čʻors), Lithuanian keturi, Albanian katër, Sanskrit चतुर् (catur).

Sätze

The couple had four children , three sons and one daughter .

Das Paar hatte vier Kinder, drei Söhne und eine Tochter.

They finished fourth out of four teams .

Sie wurden das vierte von vier Teams.

Another four contain framed text .

Weitere vier enthalten einen gerahmten Text.

Four sailors died instantly and another two were lost overboard .

Vier Seeleute starben sofort und zwei weitere waren über Bord verloren.

He was survived by his wife Grania and four children .

Er wurde von seiner Frau Grania und vier Kindern überlebt.

When he was four weeks old , his family relocated to Vienna , Austria .

Als er vier Wochen alt war, zog seine Familie nach Wien, Österreich.

By observing these subjects , Johnson helped Masters identify the four stages of sexual response .

Durch die Beobachtung dieser Probanden half Johnson Masters, die vier Phasen sexueller Reaktion zu identifizieren.

The province is divided into four cantons .

Die Provinz ist in vier Kantone unterteilt.