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.

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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)

Inflection

Declension of franker

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

Derived terms

• frankisk

References

• “franker” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

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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

• frankisk

See also

• frankar (Nynorsk)

References

• “franker” in The Bokmål Dictionary.