Fransmaður
Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Partial calque of Danish fransmand (modern Danish franskmand), from German Franzmann.
Noun
[edit]Fransmaður m (genitive singular Fransmanns, nominative plural Fransmenn)
- (informal, dated, today mildly humorous or mildly derogatory) a person from France, Frenchman, a Frenchy
- Synonym: Frakki (“Frenchman”)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Fransmaður (masculine irreg-stem, based on maður)
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | Fransmaður | Fransmaðurinn | Fransmenn | Fransmennirnir |
| accusative | Fransmann | Fransmanninn | Fransmenn | Fransmennina |
| dative | Fransmanni | Fransmanninum | Fransmönnum | Fransmönnunum |
| genitive | Fransmanns | Fransmannsins | Fransmanna | Fransmannanna |
Further reading
[edit]- “Fransmaður” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
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- Icelandic terms partially calqued from Danish
- Icelandic terms derived from Danish
- Icelandic terms partially calqued from German
- Icelandic terms derived from German
- Icelandic lemmas
- Icelandic nouns
- Icelandic nouns with irregular stem
- Icelandic masculine nouns
- Icelandic informal terms
- Icelandic dated terms
- Icelandic humorous terms
- Icelandic derogatory terms
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