Unterfranken

German

Unterfranken

Etymology

From unter- (“under, lower”) +‎ Franken (“Franconia”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʊntɐˌfʁaŋkn̩]

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• Rhymes: -aŋkn̩
• Hyphenation: Un‧ter‧fran‧ken

Proper noun

Unterfranken n (proper noun, genitive Unterfrankens or (optionally with an article) Unterfranken)

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

   Coordinate terms: Oberfranken, Mittelfranken

Declension

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

	singular
	def.	noun
nominative	das	Unterfranken
genitive	des	Unterfrankens, Unterfranken1
dative	dem	Unterfranken
accusative	das	Unterfranken

¹Optionally with an article.

Holonyms

• Franken
  • Bayern

Related terms

• Unterfranke
  • Unterfränkin
• unterfränkisch
  • Unterfränkisch

Further reading

• “Unterfranken” in Duden online