Synonyms: because of, for, for sake of, on account of, owing to, through, at, for the sake of, from, in favour of, due to, in, by reason of, in the light of
| Part of speech | preposition |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /ɒv/ (strong form), /(ə)v/ (weak form), /(ə)f/ (weak form before voiced consonants) |
| Hyphenation | of |
| Shavian alphabet | 𐑝 |
| Deseret alphabet | 𐐱𐑂 |
| Afrikaans | van; aan |
|---|---|
| Catalan | de |
| Dutch | van; aan |
| Esperanto | pro |
| Faeroese | vegna |
| Finnish | vuoksi |
| French | de |
| German | anläßlich; halber; um … willen; wegen; um; durch; über; für; vor; auf Grund; im Zuge |
| Greek | για |
| Hungarian | miatt |
| Icelandic | fyrir |
| Low German | döär; vanweagen; üm; weagens |
| Norwegian | for |
| Papiamento | a kousa di; debí na; pa |
| Portuguese | em troca de; pro causa de |
| Russian | из‐за |
| Saterland Frisian | hoolwer; uum … Willen; weegen; truch |
| Spanish | a causa de; con motivo de; debido a; por |
| Swedish | på; grund av |
| Thai | เพราะ |
| West Frisian | fanwegen; mei troch; troch; fanwege |