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fürs

German, contraction/fyːɐ̯s/

fürs is spelled F-Ü-R-S (4 letters) and appears 66 times per million words in written German, the 1,293rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fürs is a German contraction meaning “contraction of für (“for”) + das (“the”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does fürs mean in English?

contraction

  1. 1

    contraction of für (“for”) + das (“the”)

    alles fürs Auto

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

abbreviation: 1. für das

The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.

Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

How do you pronounce fürs?

  • /fyːɐ̯s/
  • [fyːɐ̯s]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is fürs in German?

fürs appears 66 times per million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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