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Frisian meaning
A Germanic language group or language (see Usage notes), or a lect thereof, which descended from Old Frisian, with speakers in the Netherlands, Germany and Denmark. | The West Frisian (or Western Frisian) lect, spoken in the northern Netherlands. | A Germanic language group or language (see Usage notes), or a lect thereof, which descended from Old Frisian, with speakers in the Netherlands, Germany and Denmark.
Synonyms of Frisian
Frisian vertaling naar Nederlands
Example sentences (15)
It was not until 1960 that Dutch began to dominate Frisian in Friesland; with many non-Frisian immigrants into Friesland, the language gradually began to diminish, and only survives now due to the constant effort of scholars and organisations.
The word mete also exists in Old Frisian (and to a lesser extent, modern West Frisian ) to denote important food, differentiating it from swiets (sweets) and dierfied (animal feed).
Today this region is sometimes referred to as Great Frisia or Frisia Magna, and many of the areas within it still treasure their Frisian heritage, even though in most places the Frisian languages have been lost.
Less than three-quarters of a year ago, the Queen was so wealthy her Frisian host family took her in to simplify a busy life with travel, study, and training.
Vitesse moved off the bottom of the table following a goalless draw at home to Utrecht, while PEC Zwolle and Heerenveen also shared the points after Ché Nunnely bundled in an injury-time equaliser for the Frisian club.
Also, when followed by some vowels, the Germanic k softened to a ch sound; for example, the Frisian for cheese and church is tsiis and tsjerke, whereas in Dutch it is kaas and kerk, and in High German the respective words are Käse and Kirche.
During this time, the Frisian language was spoken along the entire southern North Sea coast.
He grew up on a farm; his parents, devout Protestants, were Frisian and Danish peasants.
History A proto-Frisian culture slowly began to emerge around 400–200 BC known for its artificial dwelling hills as a defence against the sea.
In the more southern languages (Old High German, Old Dutch, Old Saxon), forms that lost -i often show no umlaut, but in the more northern languages (Old English, Old Frisian), the forms do.
It had its own institutions (collectively called the " Frisian freedom ") and resented the imposition of the feudal system and the patriciate found in other European towns.
Looijenga cites Gerrets' The Anglo-Frisian Relationship Seen from an Archaeological Point of View (1995) for this contention.
Old English and Old Frisian tunne, Old High German and Medieval Latin tunna, German and French tonne) to designate a large cask, or tun. citation A full tun, standing about a metre high, could easily weigh a tonne.
Older explanations compare the name with Old Frisian horning (Anglo-Saxon hornung-sunu, Old Norse hornungr) meaning "bastard, illegitimate son", taken to imply a meaning of "disinherited" in reference to February being the shortest of months.
The chronicler flattered his royal patron by boasting that Alfred's ships were not only larger, but swifter, steadier and rode higher in the water than either Danish or Frisian ships.