efter
English
Etymology
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Noun
efter (plural efters)Category:English lemmas#EFTERCategory:English nouns#EFTERCategory:English countable nouns#EFTERCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#EFTERCategory:Pages with entries#EFTERCategory:Pages with 7 entries#EFTER
- (UKCategory:British English#EFTER, slangCategory:English slang#EFTER, obsoleteCategory:English terms with obsolete senses#EFTER) A thief who frequents theaters.
- 1846, George William MacArthur Reynolds, The Mysteries of London, page 60:
- […] E was an Efter, that went to the play; / F was a Fogle he knapped on his way; […]Category:English terms with quotations#EFTER
References
- John Camden Hotten (1873), The Slang Dictionary
Anagrams
Danish
Etymology
From Old NorseCategory:Danish terms inherited from Old Norse#EFTERCategory:Danish terms derived from Old Norse#EFTER eptir, from Proto-NorseCategory:Danish terms inherited from Proto-Norse#EFTERCategory:Danish terms derived from Proto-Norse#EFTER ᚨᚠᛏᛖᚱ (after), from Proto-GermanicCategory:Danish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#EFTERCategory:Danish terms derived from Proto-Germanic#EFTER *aftiri (“more aft, further behind”), *after. Related to Norwegian Bokmål etter, Swedish efter, and English after.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɛfdɐ/, [ˈefd̥ɐ], [ˈeftɒ̽]Category:Danish terms with IPA pronunciation#EFTER
Preposition
efterCategory:Danish lemmas#EFTERCategory:Danish prepositions#EFTERCategory:Danish entries with incorrect language header#EFTERCategory:Pages with entries#EFTERCategory:Pages with 7 entries#EFTER
- after; subsequent; later in time than
Related terms
Adverb
efterCategory:Danish lemmas#EFTERCategory:Danish adverbs#EFTERCategory:Danish entries with incorrect language header#EFTERCategory:Pages with entries#EFTERCategory:Pages with 7 entries#EFTER
- later, afterwards (in time)
- after (in a sequence)
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Category:Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Old Norse#EFTERCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms inherited from Old Norse#EFTERCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Proto-Norse#EFTERCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms inherited from Proto-Norse#EFTERCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Proto-Germanic#EFTERCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#EFTERInherited from DanishCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms inherited from Danish#EFTERCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Danish#EFTER efter, which see. The form had been superseded in official Bokmål by 1938, but was for a long time retained in Riksmål. In 2024, however, it was removed from Riksmålsordlisten and the NAOB.
Preposition
efterCategory:Norwegian Bokmål lemmas#EFTERCategory:Norwegian Bokmål prepositions#EFTERCategory:Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header#EFTERCategory:Pages with entries#EFTERCategory:Pages with 7 entries#EFTER
Related terms
Adverb
efterCategory:Norwegian Bokmål lemmas#EFTERCategory:Norwegian Bokmål adverbs#EFTERCategory:Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header#EFTERCategory:Pages with entries#EFTERCategory:Pages with 7 entries#EFTER
Old English
Preposition
efterCategory:Old English lemmas#EFTERCategory:Old English prepositions#EFTERCategory:Old English entries with incorrect language header#EFTERCategory:Pages with entries#EFTERCategory:Pages with 7 entries#EFTER
- alternative form of æfter
Scots
Etymology
Category:Scots terms derived from Proto-Germanic#EFTERCategory:Scots terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#EFTERFrom Middle EnglishCategory:Scots terms inherited from Middle English#EFTERCategory:Scots terms derived from Middle English#EFTER after, from Old EnglishCategory:Scots terms inherited from Old English#EFTERCategory:Scots terms derived from Old English#EFTER æfter, from Proto-West GermanicCategory:Scots terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic#EFTERCategory:Scots terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#EFTER *aftar.
Preposition
efterCategory:Scots lemmas#EFTERCategory:Scots prepositions#EFTERCategory:Scots entries with incorrect language header#EFTERCategory:Pages with entries#EFTERCategory:Pages with 7 entries#EFTER
Adverb
efter (not comparable)Category:Scots lemmas#EFTERCategory:Scots adverbs#EFTERCategory:Scots uncomparable adverbs#EFTERCategory:Scots entries with incorrect language header#EFTERCategory:Pages with entries#EFTERCategory:Pages with 7 entries#EFTER
Conjunction
efterCategory:Scots lemmas#EFTERCategory:Scots conjunctions#EFTERCategory:Scots entries with incorrect language header#EFTERCategory:Pages with entries#EFTERCategory:Pages with 7 entries#EFTER
References
- “efter”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.
Swedish
Etymology
Category:Swedish terms derived from Proto-Norse#EFTERCategory:Swedish terms inherited from Proto-Norse#EFTERCategory:Swedish terms derived from Proto-Germanic#EFTERCategory:Swedish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#EFTERCategory:Swedish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#EFTERCategory:Swedish terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European#EFTERFrom Old NorseCategory:Swedish terms inherited from Old Norse#EFTERCategory:Swedish terms derived from Old Norse#EFTER eptir
Pronunciation
Adjective
efter (not comparable)Category:Swedish lemmas#EFTERCategory:Swedish adjectives#EFTERCategory:Swedish entries with incorrect language header#EFTERCategory:Pages with entries#EFTERCategory:Pages with 7 entries#EFTER
- (only used predicatively) slow (from notion of behind others)
- Han är lite efter
- He is a bit slow
Adverb
efterCategory:Swedish lemmas#EFTERCategory:Swedish adverbs#EFTERCategory:Swedish entries with incorrect language header#EFTERCategory:Pages with entries#EFTERCategory:Pages with 7 entries#EFTER (comparative mer efter, superlative mest efter)
Preposition
efterCategory:Swedish lemmas#EFTERCategory:Swedish prepositions#EFTERCategory:Swedish entries with incorrect language header#EFTERCategory:Pages with entries#EFTERCategory:Pages with 7 entries#EFTER
- after; subsequent; later in time than or later in a sequence than
- Jag ska sova efter maten
- I will take a nap after my meal
- Jag kommer vara proppmätt efter att ha ätit
- I will be really full after having eaten
- Jag öppnade paketet efter att jag kom hem
- I opened the package after I got home
- for (seeking, in pursuit of)
- att ringa efter hjälp
- to call for help
- by; as in one by one, one after another
- en efter en
- one by one
- by; in a manner conforming or corresponding to
- Sortera dem efter storlek och färg
- Sort them by size and color
- by; using the rules or logic of
- Varje gång hon flyttar in någonstans bygger hon om källaren efter eget tycke
- Whenever she moves into a new house she always rebuilds the basement to her own taste
Derived terms
References
- “efter”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
- “efter”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
- “efter”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
West Frisian
Etymology
Category:West Frisian terms derived from Proto-Germanic#EFTERCategory:West Frisian terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#EFTERFrom Old FrisianCategory:West Frisian terms inherited from Old Frisian#EFTERCategory:West Frisian terms derived from Old Frisian#EFTER efter, from Proto-West GermanicCategory:West Frisian terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic#EFTERCategory:West Frisian terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#EFTER *aftar (“more aft, further behind”).
Pronunciation
Preposition
efterCategory:West Frisian lemmas#EFTERCategory:West Frisian prepositions#EFTERCategory:West Frisian entries with incorrect language header#EFTERCategory:Pages with entries#EFTERCategory:Pages with 7 entries#EFTER
Further reading
- “efter”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011