fördern

== German == === Alternative forms === fürdern (obsolete, until 18th c.) === Etymology === From Middle High German vürdern, from Old High German furdiren, from Proto-West Germanic *furþrijan. Equivalent to archaic fürder (“further”) +‎ -n. The modern ⟨ö⟩ corresponds to the variant förder, which probably developed through conflation with related vorder (whence fordern), but may have been reinforced by regular Middle Low German vȫrder, vȫrderen. Cognate with English further, which see. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfœrdərn/, [ˈfœʁ.dɐn], [ˈfœɐ̯.dɐn] Hyphenation: för‧dern === Verb === fördern (weak, third-person singular present fördert, past tense förderte, past participle gefördert, auxiliary haben) (transitive) to further, foster, advance, encourage, support (promote the development of) Synonyms: begünstigen, bestärken, unterstützen (transitive) to fund, co-fund, to provide financial aid for (a project etc.) (transitive) to mine (a resource), to win by mining Synonym: abbauen ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Fördern, Förderer, Förderung förderlich, Förder-, befördern (to further): Fördergeld, Förderkurs, Fördermittel, Förderschule, Förderstufe, Förderunterricht (to mine): Förderband, Fördermenge, Förderland, Förderschnecke, Förderschacht ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “fördern” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “fördern” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961. “fördern” in Duden online “fördern” in OpenThesaurus.de