Franken

See also: franken and franken-

English

Etymology

• Dutch Franken
• German Franken
• Yiddish [Term?] (Franken)

Proper noun

Franken (plural Frankens)

1. A surname
   1. A patronymic surname from Dutch, equivalent to English Franks or Frankson, for a descendant of a person named Frank
   2. A surname from German
      1. A patronymic surname from German, equivalent to English Franks or Frankson, for a descendant of a person named Frank
      2. A topographic surname from German, for someone from Franconia
      3. An occupational surname from German, for a freeman
   3. A topographic Jewish surname from Yiddish, for Franconian Jews

Dutch

Etymology

From Frank. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. Particularly: “Is this a patronymic, like Jansen, or a different type of derivation?”

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɑŋkən

Proper noun

Franken

1. a surname transferred from the given name

Descendants

• English: Franken

German

Etymology 1

Inflected forms of Franke.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfʁaŋkən/, [ˈfʁaŋkŋ̩], [ˈfʀaŋkŋ̍], [ˈfrɑŋkŋ̍]

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• Hyphenation: Fran‧ken
• Rhymes: -aŋkn̩

Noun

Franken

1. inflection of Franke:
   1. genitive/dative/accusative singular
   2. nominative/genitive/dative/accusative plural

Etymology 2

Originally the dative plural of the ethnonym Franke, meaning bei den Franken (by the Franks).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfʀaŋkən/, [ˈfʀaŋkŋ̍]

Proper noun

Franken n (proper noun, genitive Frankens or (optionally with an article) Franken)

1. Franconia (a cultural region and former duchy in Germany, comprising the northern area of modern Bavaria and lands to its immediate west)
2. (historical) Francia

Declension

Declension of Franken [sg-only, neuter, toponym]

	singular
	def.	noun
nominative	das	Franken
genitive	des	Frankens, Franken1
dative	dem	Franken
accusative	das	Franken

¹Optionally with an article.

Related terms

• Oberfranken, Mittelfranken, Unterfranken

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfʀaŋkən/, [ˈfʀaŋkn̩]

Noun

Franken m (strong, genitive Frankens, plural Franken)

1. franc (Swiss currency)

   der Schweizer Franken ― the Swiss franc

2. franc (former Belgian currency)

   der belgische Franken ― the Belgian franc

Declension

Declension of Franken [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Franken	die	Franken
genitive	eines	des	Frankens	der	Franken
dative	einem	dem	Franken	den	Franken
accusative	einen	den	Franken	die	Franken

Swedish

Proper noun

Franken n

1. Franconia (a cultural region and former duchy in Germany, comprising the northern area of modern Bavaria and lands to its immediate west)