fansels
West Frisian
Etymology
From fan sels (“of itself”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fanˈsɛls/
Adverb
fansels
- automatically
- of course, true (acknowledges something, but shows that it is not the main focus)
- Fansels de Twadde Wrâldkriich ûnhuerich wie, mar it needsaaklik wie. ― True, the Second World War was awful, but it was necessary.
Further reading
- “fansels”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011