| Part of speech | preposition |
|---|
| Afrikaans | om; vir |
|---|---|
| Albanian | për; me qëllim që |
| Catalan | per a |
| Czech | aby |
| Dutch | om; op; ten behoeve van; teneinde; ter wille van; voor |
| English | for; to; a |
| Esperanto | por |
| Faeroese | fyri; til |
| Finnish | varten |
| French | à; afin de; pour; de |
| German | für; um; um zu; zu |
| Jamaican Patois | fi |
| Low German | vöär; üm; ümme |
| Luxemburgish | fir |
| Polish | aby; dla |
| Portuguese | a fim de; para; para que |
| Scots | for; tae |
| Scottish Gaelic | air sgàth; airson |
| Spanish | a fin de; para; por |
| Sranan | fu; gi |
| Swahili | ili |
| Swedish | för |
| Thai | ต่อ; เพื่อ; ละ; ให้; เอา |
| West Frisian | foar; om |