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efter

Pronunciation: /ˈɛfdɐ/

“efter” is a Danish word. Its 3 meanings in English:

preposition

  1. after; subsequent; later in time than

adverb

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

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.

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