vóór

Vóór is a diacritically marked form of the Dutch preposition en adverb voor, meaning before, in front of, or prior to. In standard modern Dutch, the accent is not normally used, and for typical running text the word is written without any diacritic as voor.

Orthography and usage

The accented form vóór is not part of the conventional Dutch orthography. When it appears, it is usually in dictionaries, language-learning materials, or stylistic displays to indicate pronunciation or to place emphasis on the word in isolated or quoted examples. In ordinary prose, the word is written as voor, with no diacritic. The accent, when present, may signal a contrastive or focused usage in teaching contexts or when illustrating how the word sounds in speech.

Semantics

As a variant of voor, vóór shares the same core meanings: relating to time (before, prior to), space (in front of), or stance (in favor of, on behalf of). In phrases such as “voor het gemak” or “voor de чт,” the sense remains the same; the accent does not create a separate lexical entry or meaning in standard Dutch.

History and status

Historical or pedagogical materials have occasionally used diacritics to show pronunciation or to highlight a word in instructional settings. In contemporary standard Dutch, vóór does not constitute a separate orthographic form and is generally avoided outside of teaching aids, signage, or stylistic demonstrations.

See also

Voor, the standard Dutch preposition; Dutch orthography; language pedagogy and diacritics.

Note

Vóór is not a separate word with distinct definition in mainstream Dutch dictionaries; its discussion is primarily about orthographic emphasis rather than new vocabulary.