Oberfranken

German

Oberfranken

Etymology

From ober- (“upper”) +‎ Franken (“Franconia”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈoːbɐˌfʁaŋkn̩]

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• Rhymes: -aŋkn̩
• Hyphenation: Ober‧fran‧ken

Proper noun

Oberfranken n (proper noun, genitive Oberfrankens or (optionally with an article) Oberfranken)

1. Upper Franconia (a district of Bavaria, Germany)

   Coordinate terms: Unterfranken, Mittelfranken

Declension

Declension of Oberfranken [sg-only, neuter, toponym]

	singular
	def.	noun
nominative	das	Oberfranken
genitive	des	Oberfrankens, Oberfranken1
dative	dem	Oberfranken
accusative	das	Oberfranken

¹Optionally with an article.

Holonyms

• Franken
  • Bayern

Related terms

• Oberfranke
  • Oberfränkin
• oberfränkisch
  • Oberfränkisch

Further reading

• “Oberfranken” in Duden online