| Part of speech | preposition |
|---|
| Afrikaans | voor; gelede |
|---|---|
| Albanian | para; perpara |
| Catalan | abans de; davant de |
| Czech | před |
| Danish | før |
| Dutch | voor; her; geleden |
| English | before |
| English (Old English) | ær; for; beforan |
| Esperanto | antaŭ |
| Faeroese | framman fyri; undan; fyri … síðan; fyrr enn |
| Finnish | edessä |
| French | avant; devant |
| German | vor |
| Hungarian | előtt |
| Icelandic | fyrir |
| Latin | ante; prae; pro |
| Luxemburgish | virun |
| Norwegian | foran; før |
| Papiamento | pa |
| Polish | przed |
| Portuguese | antes de; diante de; em frente de; em presença de; perante; ante |
| Romanian | înaintea; în față |
| Russian | пред |
| Saterland Frisian | foar |
| Scots | syne |
| Scottish Gaelic | roimh |
| Spanish | ante; antes de; delante de |
| Sranan | bifo; bifosi; fesi; fosi |
| Swahili | kabla ya; mbele ya |
| Swedish | förrän |
| Thai | ก่อน |
| West Frisian | foar; lyn |