Fransmaður
Icelandic
editEtymology
editPartial calque of Danish fransmand (modern Danish franskmand), from German Franzmann.
Noun
editFransmaður m (genitive singular Fransmanns, nominative plural Fransmenn)
- (informal, old-fashioned, today mildly humorous or mildly derogatory) a person from France, Frenchman, a Frenchy
Declension
edit| Declension of Fransmaður | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| maður | singular | plural | ||
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | Fransmaður | Fransmaðurinn | Fransmenn | Fransmennirnir |
| accusative | Fransmann | Fransmanninn | Fransmenn | Fransmennina |
| dative | Fransmanni | Fransmanninum | Fransmönnum | Fransmönnunum |
| genitive | Fransmanns | Fransmannsins | Fransmanna | Fransmannanna |
Synonyms
edit- Frakki (“Frenchman”)
Further reading
edit- “Fransmaður” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
Categories:
- Icelandic terms partially calqued from Danish
- Icelandic terms derived from Danish
- Icelandic terms partially calqued from German
- Icelandic terms derived from German
- Icelandic lemmas
- Icelandic nouns
- Icelandic masculine nouns
- Icelandic countable nouns
- Icelandic informal terms
- Icelandic humorous terms
- Icelandic derogatory terms
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