franker

See also: Franker

English

Etymology 1

From frank +‎ -er.

Adjective

franker

  1. comparative form of frank: more frank

Etymology 2

From frank +‎ -er.

Noun

franker (plural frankers)

  1. Somebody or something which franks.

Danish

Etymology

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
  • IPA(key): [ˈfʁɑŋˀkʰisɡ̊], [ˈfʁɑŋˀɡ̊ɐ]

Noun

franker c (singular definite frankeren, plural indefinite frankere)

  1. (history) a Frank (a person from the historical Germanic tribe of the Franks)
  2. (obsolete) Frenchman
  3. (obsolete) West European (seen from the point of view of the Greeks and Middle Eastern people)
  4. Franconian (a person from the German region of Franconia)

Declension
Declension of franker
common
gender		 Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative franker frankeren frankere frankerne
genitive frankers frankerens frankeres frankernes

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse frankar pl.

Noun

franker m (definite singular frankeren, indefinite plural frankere, definite plural frankerne)

  1. (history) a Frank (one of the Franks)

Derived terms

See also
  • frankar (Nynorsk)

References
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