Franzose

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German

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fʀanˈtsoːzə/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: Fran‧zo‧se

Noun

Franzose m (genitive Franzosen, plural Franzosen, female Französin)

  1. Frenchman (person of French birth or nationality)
    • 1796, Christoph Girtanner, Historische Nachrichten und politische Betrachtungen über die französische Revolution, vol. 12, page 276:
      "Alle diese Franzosen beiderlei Geschlechts können frei und ungehindert in Rußland unter dem Schutze Unserer Gesetze wohnen [...]
      All these Frenchmen of both sexes can live free and unimpeded in Russia under the protecton of Our laws.
  2. (colloquial) monkey wrench

Declension

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Derived terms

Further reading

  • Franzose” in Duden online
  • Franzose” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache