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Norwegian Bokmål
Proper noun
Frankrike
- France (a country in Western Europe)
Norwegian Nynorsk
Proper noun
Frankrike
- France (a country in Western Europe)
Swedish
Etymology
From Middle Low German Frankrīke, from Old Saxon *Frankrīki. The name is a compound of Proto-West Germanic *frankō (“a Frank”) and *rīkī (“kingdom”).
Equivalent to franker (“the Franks”) + rike (“realm”). Compare Danish Frankrig, Dutch Frankrijk, German Frankreich.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Frankrike n (genitive Frankrikes)
- France (a country in Western Europe)