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Frisians is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Frisians in a sentence

Related words

Frisians | Frisian

Frisians meaning

plural of Frisian

Using Frisians

  • The main meaning on this page is: plural of Frisian
  • In the example corpus, frisians often appears in combinations such as: the frisians, frisians in, frisians were.

Context around Frisians

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 27 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 7 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 10 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

netherlands 1×

Often after:

began 1× though 1×

Sentence patterns with Frisians

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

against 62 frisians and english 1× and the frisians were so 1× by the frisians in dokkum 1× division between frisians in the 1× jutes and frisians began arriving 1× northern netherlands frisians and saxons 1× subjugate the frisians in west 1× to as frisians though they 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

as the roman 1× boniface was martyred 1× during this war 1× he records that 1× helplessly the english 1× in particular it 1×

Common sentence endings:

based historical association 1× fleet was burned 1× had become protestant 1× in dokkum 754 1× numbers every year 1× of north holland 1×

Words around Frisians

Just before it in the word index:

frisian 15 frisia 12 frishman 2 frishberg 3 frisee 2 frise 3

Just after it in the word index:

frisiello 3 frisii 5 frisk 56 frisked 5 frisket 3 frisking 8

Similar in corpus frequency:

aab 13 aamer 13 aave 13 abdelmadjid 13 abdulkarim 13 abdulsalami 13

Corpus analysis for Frisians

  • In this selection, "frisians" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, netherlands, began and though stand out and add context to how "frisians" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include against 62 frisians and english and and the frisians were so. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "frisians" sits close to words such as aab, aamer and aave, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with frisians

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Boniface was martyred by the Frisians in Dokkum (754). (9 words)

During this war the Frisians were also finally subdued and a large part of their fleet was burned. (18 words)

These people would eventually be referred to as 'Frisians', though they were not necessarily descended from the ancient Frisii. (19 words)

Longer example sentences

The counts of Holland conquered most of Zeeland but it was not until 1289 that Count Floris V was able to subjugate the Frisians in West Friesland (that is, the northern half of North Holland). (35 words)

Helplessly, the English watched as the Vikings rowed past them.sfn The pirates had suffered so many casualties (120 Danes dead against 62 Frisians and English), that they had difficulties putting out to sea. (34 words)

He records that the peoples of Britain—he names the English, the British, and the Frisians—were so numerous that they were migrating to the kingdom of the Franks in great numbers every year. (34 words)

Example sentences (10)

As the Roman Empire pulled back from Britain in the 5th century AD, Germanic tribes – including the Angles, Saxons, Jutes and Frisians – began arriving, according to the UK-based Historical Association.

Boniface was martyred by the Frisians in Dokkum (754).

During this war the Frisians were also finally subdued and a large part of their fleet was burned.

Helplessly, the English watched as the Vikings rowed past them.sfn The pirates had suffered so many casualties (120 Danes dead against 62 Frisians and English), that they had difficulties putting out to sea.

He records that the peoples of Britain—he names the English, the British, and the Frisians—were so numerous that they were migrating to the kingdom of the Franks in great numbers every year.

In particular, it was believed that this theory explained why Belgium and the southern Netherlands (i.e. the Franks) had become Catholic and the northern Netherlands (Frisians and Saxons) had become Protestant.

The counts of Holland conquered most of Zeeland but it was not until 1289 that Count Floris V was able to subjugate the Frisians in West Friesland (that is, the northern half of North Holland).

These people would eventually be referred to as 'Frisians', though they were not necessarily descended from the ancient Frisii.

The traditional view of a clear-cut division between Frisians in the north and coast, Franks in the south and Saxons in the east has proven historically problematic.

Widukind allied himself with the Frisians but despite that, Charlemagne's winter attacks of 784/785 were successful and the dux and his allies were pushed back to their homelands.

Common combinations with frisians

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "frisians" in a sentence?
An example: "As the Roman Empire pulled back from Britain in the 5th century AD, Germanic tribes – including the Angles, Saxons, Jutes and Frisians – began arriving, according to the UK-based Historical Association." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "frisians" from authentic English texts.
What does "frisians" mean?
Frisians means: plural of Frisian
How many example sentences with "frisians" are there?
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