efter

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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; […]

• John Camden Hotten (1873), The Slang Dictionary

• Freet, freet

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.

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

efter

1. after; subsequent; later in time than

• derefter
• efterspil
• efterskrift

efter

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

Inherited from Danish 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 The form had been superseded in official Bokmål by 1938, but was for a long time retained in Riksmål.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.

efter

1. superseded spelling of etter

efter

1. superseded spelling of etter

efter

1. alternative form of æfter

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

efter

1. after

efter (not comparable)

1. after

efter

1. after

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

From Old Norse eptir

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛftɛr/

• Audio (Gotland):

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• Rhymes: -¹ɛftɛr

efter (not comparable)

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

   Han är lite efter

   He is a bit slow

efter (comparative mer efter, superlative mest efter)

1. after

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

• “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)

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛftər/

efter

1. behind

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