franker
See also: Franker
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Adjective edit
franker
- comparative form of frank: more frank
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
franker (plural frankers)
- Somebody or something which franks.
Danish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse frakkar pl, from Proto-Germanic *frankô m (“spear”), cognate with Old English franca (“spear”), Franca (“Frank”), German Franke. Borrowed to Medieval Latin Francus, Old French franc (“free, sincere”), Byzantine Greek Φράγκος (Phránkos, “Frank, person from Western Europe”), Arabic إِفْرَنْجِيّ (ʔifranjiyy, “Frank, person from Western Europe”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
franker c (singular definite frankeren, plural indefinite frankere)
- (historical) a Frank (a person from the historical Germanic tribe of the Franks)
- (obsolete) Frenchman
- (obsolete) West European (seen from the point of view of the Greeks and Middle Eastern people)
- Franconian (a person from the German region of Franconia)
Declension edit
Declension of franker
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | franker | frankeren | frankere | frankerne |
genitive | frankers | frankerens | frankeres | frankernes |
Derived terms edit
References edit
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
franker m (definite singular frankeren, indefinite plural frankere, definite plural frankerne)
Derived terms edit
See also edit
- frankar (Nynorsk)
References edit
- “franker” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Old Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
franker m
- (the) Franks
Declension edit
Declension of franker (strong a-stem)