fansels

West Frisian

Etymology

From fan sels (“of itself”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fanˈsɛls/

Adverb

fansels

  1. automatically
  2. of course, true (acknowledges something, but shows that it is not the main focus)
    Fansels de Twadde Wrâldkriich ûnhuerich wie, mar it needsaaklik wie. ― True, the Second World War was awful, but it was necessary.

Further reading
  • “fansels”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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