Frankfurt

Frankfurt

See also: frankfurt

English

Alternative forms

• Francfort (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɹæŋkfə(ɹ)t/
• Homophone: Frankfort (sometimes)

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Proper noun

Frankfurt

1. Frankfurt am Main, the largest city in Hesse, in central Germany.
   1. (metonymically) The German financial industry.
      • 1998, Franfurter Allgemeine Zeitung GmbH Information Services, German Brief, volume 10:

        The poor third-quarter results from Frankfurt had the broadest impact because they spotlighted the vulnerability of the listed German universal banks to the financial crisis spreading from Asia.

   2. (metonymically) The European Central Bank.
      • 2014, May 9, Dan O'Brien, Irish Independent, "Trichet like a broken record when what we need is fresh thinking":

        Despite this risk, little has happened in the six months since Frankfurt cut interest rates causing one to wonder how different Draghi is from his predecessor.

2. Frankfurt an der Oder, a sizable town in Brandenburg, in eastern Germany.

Derived terms

• frankfurter, frank

Translations

Frankfurt-am-Main

Armenian: Ֆրանկֆուրտ (Frankfurt) Chinese: Mandarin: 法蘭克福／法兰克福 (zh) (Fǎlánkèfú) Esperanto: Frankfurto French: Francfort (fr) f, Francfort-sur-le-Main (fr) f Galician: Frankfurt (gl) Georgian: მაინის ფრანკფურტი (mainis pranḳpurṭi), ფრანკფურტი (pranḳpurṭi) German: Frankfurt am Main (de) n Rhine Franconian: Frangford am Maa (Palatine) Greek: Φραγκφούρτη f (Fragkfoúrti) Hungarian: Frankfurt (hu) Italian: Francoforte (it) f, Francoforte sul Meno f Japanese: フランクフルト (Furankufuruto) Macedonian: Франкфурт m (Frankfurt) Marathi: फ्रांक्फुर्ट n (phrāṅkphurṭa) Polish: Frankfurt (pl) m, Frankfurt nad Menem (pl) Portuguese: Francoforte, Frankfurt Russian: Фра́нкфурт (ru) m (Fránkfurt), Фра́нкфурт-на-Ма́йне (ru) m (Fránkfurt-na-Májne) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Франкфурт m Roman: Frankfurt m Spanish: Fráncfort (es) f, Fráncfort del Meno (es) f Turkish: Frankfurt Ukrainian: Фра́нкфурт m (Fránkfurt), Фрáнкфурт-на-Мáйні m (Fránkfurt-na-Májni) Yiddish: פֿראַנקפֿורט‎ (frankfurt)

Frankfurt-an-der-Oder

French: Francfort (fr) f, Francfort-sur-l'Oder (fr) f Georgian: ოდერის ფრანკფურტი (oderis pranḳpurṭi), ფრანკფურტი (pranḳpurṭi) German: Frankfurt an der Oder (de) n Greek: Φραγκφούρτη f (Fragkfoúrti) Hungarian: Frankfurt (hu) Italian: Francoforte (it) f, Francoforte sull'Oder f Japanese: フランクフルト (Furankufuruto) Macedonian: Франкфурт m (Frankfurt) Marathi: फ्रांक्फुर्ट n (phrāṅkphurṭa) Polish: Frankfurt (pl) m, Frankfurt nad Odrą (pl) Portuguese: Frankfurt f Russian: Фра́нкфурт (ru) m (Fránkfurt), Фра́нкфурт-на-О́дере (ru) m (Fránkfurt-na-Ódɛre) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Франкфурт m Roman: Frankfurt m Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: Frankobrod m Spanish: Fráncfort (es) f, Fráncfort del Óder (es) f Ukrainian: Фра́нкфурт m (Fránkfurt), Фра́нкфурт-на-О́дері m (Fránkfurt-na-Óderi)

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Catalan

Proper noun

Frankfurt m

1. Frankfurt, Frankfurt-am-Main (the largest city in Hesse, in central Germany)
2. Frankfurt, Frankfurt-an-der-Oder (a sizable town in Brandenburg, in eastern Germany)

Derived terms

• frankfurt
• salsitxa de Frankfurt

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfʁaŋkfʊʁt/

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Proper noun

Frankfurt n (proper noun, genitive Frankfurts or (optionally with an article) Frankfurt, plural Frankfurt or Frankfurte or Frankfurts)

1. Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main (the largest city in Hesse, in central Germany)
2. Frankfurt, Frankfurt an der Oder (a town in Brandenburg, in eastern Germany)

Usage notes

• In former West Germany, Frankfurt invariably refers to Frankfurt am Main. In the East it is more ambiguous and both specifications are often maintained.

Quotations

• 1858, Austria. Wochenschrift für Volkswirthschaft und Statistik. Des X. Jahrgangs IV. Band., Wien, page 365:

  Im Uebrigen gewähren Leipzig, die beiden Frankfurt und Braunschweig zur Zeit der Messen lediglich dasselbe Bild, was Hamburg, Bremen, Triest, Stettin alle Tage im Jahr gewähren.

Derived terms

• Frankfurt am Main
• Frankfurt an der Oder
• Frankfurter
• frankfurterisch

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Hungarian

Etymology

From German Frankfurt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfrɒŋkfurt]
• Rhymes: -urt
• Hyphenation: Frank‧furt

Proper noun

Frankfurt

1. Frankfurt (the largest city in Hesse, Germany)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	Frankfurt	—
accusative	Frankfurtot	—
dative	Frankfurtnak	—
instrumental	Frankfurttal	—
causal-final	Frankfurtért	—
translative	Frankfurttá	—
terminative	Frankfurtig	—
essive-formal	Frankfurtként	—
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Frankfurtban	—
superessive	Frankfurton	—
adessive	Frankfurtnál	—
illative	Frankfurtba	—
sublative	Frankfurtra	—
allative	Frankfurthoz	—
elative	Frankfurtból	—
delative	Frankfurtról	—
ablative	Frankfurttól	—
non-attributive possessive - singular	Frankfurté	—
non-attributive possessive - plural	Frankfurtéi	—

Possessive forms of Frankfurt
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Frankfurtom	—
2nd person sing.	Frankfurtod	—
3rd person sing.	Frankfurtja	—
1st person plural	Frankfurtunk	—
2nd person plural	Frankfurtotok	—
3rd person plural	Frankfurtjuk	—

Synonyms

• Frankfurt am Main
• Majna-Frankfurt (rare)

Derived terms

• frankfurti

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Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from German Frankfurt.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌfɾɐ̃k.ˈfuʁt͡ʃ/, /ˈfɾɐ̃k.fuʁt͡ʃ/

Proper noun

Frankfurt f

1. Frankfurt, Frankfurt-am-Main (the largest city in Hesse, in central Germany)

   Synonym: Francoforte

2. Frankfurt, Frankfurt-an-der-Oder (a sizable town in Brandenburg, in eastern Germany)

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Serbo-Croatian

Proper noun

Frankfurt m (Cyrillic spelling Франкфурт)

1. Frankfurt, Frankfurt-am-Main (the largest city in Hesse, in central Germany)
2. Frankfurt, Frankfurt-an-der-Oder (a sizable town in Brandenburg, in eastern Germany)

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Swedish

Proper noun

Frankfurt n (genitive Frankfurts)

1. Frankfurt, Frankfurt-am-Main (the largest city in Hesse, in central Germany)
2. Frankfurt, Frankfurt-an-der-Oder (a sizable town in Brandenburg, in eastern Germany)