efter

English

Noun

efter (plural efters)

1. (UK, slang, obsolete) 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; […]

References

• John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary

Anagrams

• Freet, freet

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse eptir, from Proto-Norse ᚨᚠᛏᛖᚱ (after), from Proto-Germanic *aftiri (“more aft, further behind”), *after. Related to Norwegian Bokmål etter, Swedish efter, and English after.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛfdɐ/, [ˈefd̥ɐ], [ˈeftɒ̽]

Preposition

efter

1. after; subsequent; later in time than

Related terms

• derefter
• efterspil
• efterskrift

Adverb

efter

1. later, afterwards (in time)
2. after (in a sequence)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Danish efter, from Old Norse eptir, from Proto-Norse ᚨᚠᛏᛖᚱ (after), from Proto-Germanic *aftiri (“more aft, further behind”), *after. Related to Norwegian Bokmål etter, Swedish efter, and English after.

Preposition

efter

1. (Riksmål) after; subsequent; later in time than

Related terms

• derefter
• efterpå

Adverb

efter

1. (Riksmål) later, afterwards (in time)
2. (Riksmål) after (in a sequence)

Old English

Preposition

efter

1. Alternative form of æfter

Scots

Etymology

From Middle English after, from Old English æfter, from Proto-West Germanic *aftar.

Preposition

efter

1. after

Adverb

efter (not comparable)

1. after

Conjunction

efter

1. after

References

• “efter”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse eptir, from Proto-Germanic *aftiri (“more aft, further behind”), *after, from Proto-Indo-European *apotero (“further behind, further away”), comparative form of *apo- (“off, behind”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛftɛr/

• Audio (Gotland):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -¹ɛftɛr

Adjective

efter (not comparable)

1. (only used predicatively) slow (from notion of behind others)

   Han är lite efter

   He is a bit slow

Adverb

efter (comparative mer efter, superlative mest efter)

1. after

Preposition

efter

1. 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

2. for (seeking, in pursuit of)

   att ringa efter hjälp

   to call for help

3. by; as in one by one, one after another

   en efter en

   one by one

4. by; in a manner conforming or corresponding to

   Sortera dem efter storlek och färg

   Sort them by size and color

5. 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

• därefter
• efterhand
• efterklok
• eftersmak
• efterspel
• eftertanke
• eftertänksam
• följa efter
• gå inte över ån efter vatten
• hädanefter
• härefter
• höra efter
• se efter
• tänka efter
• varefter

 

References

• efter in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• efter in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• efter in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian efter, from Proto-West Germanic *aftar (“more aft, further behind”).

Preposition

efter

1. behind

Further reading

• “efter”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011