Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word frimärke. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word frimärke, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say frimärke in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word frimärke you have here. The definition of the word frimärke will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition offrimärke, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
Calque of Danishfrimærke.
Compound of fri(“free”) + märke(“mark”). Meaning that it marked the letter as free to receive; as formerly it was the receiver who paid for postage. First attested in 1853.[1]
Från den 1 nästk. April inträder för alla inländska bref ett likformigt porto af 6 sk. för hvarje bref af intill 1 lods vigt, med mindre det är frankeradt genom ett påklistradt frimärke, som blott kostar 4 sk.
From the 1st of next April, a uniform postage of 6 shillings for each letter weighing up to 1 lot will apply to all domestic letters, unless it is franked by means of an affixed stamp, which only costs 4 shillings.
Och så måste jag fråga en sak: vad gör vi med all kådan i detta land? Använder industrin den? Bara i och omkring mitt vackra träd fanns liter på liter och till sist fanns den på mig. Jag kunde ha klistrats upp som ett frimärke på närmaste flata föremål.
And so I have to ask one thing: what do we do with all the resin in this country? Does industry use it? Just in and around my beautiful tree there were liters upon liters and finally it was on me. I could have been stuck up like a postage stamp on the nearest flat object.
