for the sake of

English

Alternative forms

• for sake of
• for something's sake

Pronunciation

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Prepositional phrase

for the sake of

1. Because of; out of consideration for; in the interest of.

   Release this man, for the sake of justice!

Derived terms

• for Christ's sake
• for fuck's sake
• for God's sake
• for goodness' sake
• for heaven's sake
• for mercy's sake
• for Pete's sake
• for pity's sake

 

Translations

because of

• Arabic: مِن أَجْلِ (min ʔajli)

  Egyptian Arabic: عشان (ʕašān)

  South Levantine Arabic: عشان (ʕašān)

• Armenian: համար (hy) (hamar), հանուն (hy) (hanun), սիրուն (hy) (sirun), խաթեր (hy) (xatʻer) (dialectal)
• Azerbaijani: xatir, xatirinə
• Bashkir: хаҡына (xaqına)
• Belarusian: дзе́ля (dzjélja), зара́дзі (zarádzi), для (dlja)
• Bulgarian: заради́ (bg) (zaradí)
• Catalan: per (a)mor de
• Chinese:

  Hokkien: 為着 (ūi-tio̍h)

  Mandarin: 為了 / 为了 (zh) (wèile)

• Cornish: a-barth, bar'
• Czech: kvůli (cs)
• Dutch: ter wille van (nl), omwille van (nl)
• Esperanto: pro (eo)
• Finnish: nimessä, vuoksi (fi), takia (fi), tähden (fi)
• French: pour l’amour de, dans l’intérêt de, au nom de (fr)
• Georgian: ხათრით (xatrit)
• German: wegen (de), um ... willen (de), halber (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: ὑπέρ (hupér) (+ genitive)

• Hebrew: לְמַעַן (he) (l'máan), לִכְבוֹד (likh'vód)
• Hungarian: érdekében (hu), kedvéért (hu), végett (hu), tekintettel (hu)
• Irish: de gheall ar, as ucht, ar son, ar scáth, ar mhaithe le, de ghrá
• Italian: per il bene di
• Japanese: ...のために (ja) (... no tame ni), ...の為に (ja) (...のために, ...no tame ni)
• Korean: 을 위해서 (-eul wihaeseo), 때문에 (ko) (ttaemun-e) (follows a noun with -에 or a nominalized clause)
• Macedonian: поради (poradi)
• Mari:

  Eastern Mari: верч (verč)

• Persian: بخاطر (fa) (be-xâter), به جهت (be jehat), برای (fa) (barâye)
• Polish: na (pl), dla (pl)
• Portuguese: pelo bem de
• Punjabi: ਬਰਾਏ (barāē), ਲਈ (laī)
• Romanian: de dragul (+ genitive case)
• Russian: ра́ди (ru) (rádi) (+ genitive case), для (ru) (dlja)
• Scottish Gaelic: airson, son (colloquial), air sgàth
• Slovak: kvôli
• Spanish: por amor a, en nombre de, para el propósito de
• Tamil: சும்மா (ta) (cummā)
• Turkish: uğruna
• Ukrainian: зара́ди (zarády), для (uk) (dlja)
• Welsh: er mwyn
• Yiddish: לכּבֿוד (lekoved)