für
Meaning
- for
- in favor of, in support of
- by the standards of
- on behalf of
- kind / type of
- (informal) instead of
- (colloquial,nonstandard) in order to
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/fyːɐ̯/
Etymology
From Middle High German vür, from Old High German furi, from Proto-West Germanic *furi, from Proto-Germanic *furi.
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Sentences
Ursprünglich wollte Antonioni "The Who" für die Szene engagieren .
Originally, Antonioni wanted to hire "The Who" for the scene.