Frankrich

Central Franconian

Etymology

Frank (“Frank”) +‎ Rich (“realm”).

Proper noun

Frankrich

  1. (Ripuarian (in Aachen and Düren)) France
    • Germaniens Völkerstimmen, Sammlung der deutschen Mundarten in Dichtungen, Sagen, Mährchen, Volksliedern u. s. w. Herausgegeben von Johannes Matthias Firmenich, [1. Band], p. 479 (Mundart von Düren., poem Wiss, Ruth on Bloh., that is White, Red and Blue.):
      Verwondert schreie all de Löck:
      Seet Frankrich, wat ä Häldestöck!
    • 1869, Joseph Müller, Prosa und Gedichte in Aachener Mundart. Erster Theil. Zweite Auflage, page 109:
      Se haue lang överlad, of se noh Dütschland erenn bes Koblenz, of noh Frankrich erenn bes Paris reise saue.
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See also

Low German

Etymology

Already late 16th or early 17th century (in Chronik des Landes Dithmarschen by Johann Adolfi alias Neocorus). Equivalent to Frank (“Frank”) +‎ Rich (“realm”).

Proper noun

Frankrich

  1. France
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