Fransän

Volapük

Fransän

Etymology

Frans +‎ -än

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fɾan.ˈsɛn]
• Hyphenation: Fran‧sän

Proper noun

Fransän

1. France (a country in Western Europe)
   • 1940, “Pötü yelacen”, in Volapükagased pro Nedänapükans, page 1:

     In Siyop ya dü yels mödik krigastad bevü Yapän e Tsyinän dareigon, ed in Yurop krig jenon bevü Deutän e Polän, Linglän e Fransän, e bevü Rusän e Suomiyän.

     In Asia, a state of war has already been going on for years between Japan and China, and in Europe war is being waged between Germany and Poland, England and France, and between Russia and Finland.

Declension

declension of Fransän

	singular
nominative	Fransän
genitive	Fransäna
dative	Fransäne
accusative	Fransäni
vocative 1	o Fransän!
predicative 2	Fransänu

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only

Synonyms

• (obsolete): Flent / Flentän (classic or original Volapük / Volapük rigik)

Derived terms

• Fransänan
• Fransänik
• hi-Fransänan
• ji-Fransänan