An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/vorn
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| This annotated version expands the abbreviations in the original entry vorn. | Random word Special:RandomInCategory/Annotated entries in Kluge's Etymological Dictionary of the German Language |
vorn, adverb, ‘in front, before,’ from the equivalent Middle High German vorn, vorne (vornen, vornân); in Old High German the equivalent forna is used only in dialects as an adverb of place. A derivative of Teutonic for-, appearing in vor and für.