Standard Lemma guide

Frankfurt

name · noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈfɹæŋkfɜːt/
  • Received-Pronunciation: [ˈfɹæŋkfɜːt]
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˈfɹæŋkfɝt/ without æ-raising
  • General-American: [ˈfɹæŋkfɝt] without æ-raising
  • /ˈfɹeɪ̯ŋkfɝt/ US, Canada, æ-raising
  • [ˈfɹeɪ̯ŋkfɝt] US, Canada, æ-raising
  • /ˈfɹɛ̃ŋkfɝt/ US, Canada, æ-raising
  • [ˈfɹɛ̃ŋkfɝt] US, Canada, æ-raising
  • homophone: Frankfort (sometimes)
  • Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: F R AE1 NG K F ER0 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

The largest city in Hesse, in central Germany; in full, Frankfurt am Main.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

The largest city in Hesse, in central Germany; in full, Frankfurt am Main.

The German financial industry.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: metonymically

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

name

Meaning 3

The largest city in Hesse, in central Germany; in full, Frankfurt am Main.

The European Central Bank.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: metonymically

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

name

Meaning 4

A sizable town in Brandenburg, in eastern Germany; in full, Frankfurt an der Oder.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A frankfurter; a hot dog sausage.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Australia, US

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

a German city; an industrial and commercial and financial center

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Frankfurt on the Main, Frankfort

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: city, metropolis, urban center

History

Etymology

Borrowed from German Frankfurt.

From German Frankfurt. Compare frankfurter.

Across languages

Translations

95 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: Frankfurt — Frankfurt-am-Main
  • Albanian: Frankfurti — Frankfurt-am-Main
  • Arabic: فَرَانْكْفُورْت (farānkfūrt) — Frankfurt-am-Main
  • Armenian: Ֆրանկֆուրտ — Frankfurt-am-Main
  • Azerbaijani: Frankfurt-Mayn — Frankfurt-am-Main
  • Azerbaijani: Frankfurt — Frankfurt-am-Main
  • Basque: Frankfurt — Frankfurt-am-Main
  • Belarusian: Фра́нкфурт (Fránkfurt) — Frankfurt-am-Main
  • Bengali: ফ্রাঙ্কফুর্ট (phraṅkophurṭo) — Frankfurt-am-Main
  • Bulgarian: Фра́нкфурт (Fránkfurt) — Frankfurt-am-Main
  • Catalan: Frankfurt — Frankfurt-am-Main
  • Chinese Mandarin: 法蘭克福 /法兰克福 (Fǎlánkèfú) — Frankfurt-am-Main
  • Czech: Frankfurt — Frankfurt-am-Main
  • Danish: Frankfurt — Frankfurt-am-Main
  • Dutch: Frankfurt — Frankfurt-am-Main
  • Esperanto: Frankfurto — Frankfurt-am-Main
  • Estonian: Frankfurt — Frankfurt-am-Main
  • Finnish: Frankfurt — Frankfurt-am-Main
  • French: Francfort — Frankfurt-am-Main
  • French: Francfort-sur-le-Main — Frankfurt-am-Main
  • Galician: Frankfurt — Frankfurt-am-Main
  • Georgian: მაინის ფრანკფურტი (mainis pranḳpurṭi) — Frankfurt-am-Main
  • Georgian: ფრანკფურტი (pranḳpurṭi) — Frankfurt-am-Main
  • German: Frankfurt am Main — Frankfurt-am-Main
  • German: Frangford am Maa — Frankfurt-am-Main
  • Greek: Φραγκφούρτη (Fragkfoúrti) — Frankfurt-am-Main
  • Hebrew: פרנקפורט (frankfurt) — Frankfurt-am-Main
  • Hindi: फ़्रैंकफ़र्ट (fra͠ikfarṭ) — Frankfurt-am-Main
  • Hungarian: Frankfurt — Frankfurt-am-Main
  • Icelandic: Frankfurt — Frankfurt-am-Main
  • Ido: Frankfurt — Frankfurt-am-Main
  • Indonesian: Frankfurt — Frankfurt-am-Main
  • Italian: Francoforte — Frankfurt-am-Main
  • Italian: Francoforte sul Meno — Frankfurt-am-Main
  • Japanese: フランクフルト (Furankufuruto) — Frankfurt-am-Main
  • Kazakh: Майндағы Франкфурт (Maindağy Frankfurt) — Frankfurt-am-Main
  • Kazakh: Франкфурт — Frankfurt-am-Main
  • Korean: 프랑크푸르트 (peurangkeupureuteu) — Frankfurt-am-Main
  • Latvian: Frankfurte — Frankfurt-am-Main
  • Lithuanian: Frankfurtas — Frankfurt-am-Main
  • Macedonian: Франкфурт — Frankfurt-am-Main
  • Malay: Frankfurt — Frankfurt-am-Main
  • Malayalam: ഫ്രാങ്ക്ഫർട്ട് (phrāṅkphaṟṭṭŭ) — Frankfurt-am-Main
  • Marathi: फ्रांकफुर्ट (phrāṅkphurṭa) — Frankfurt-am-Main
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Frankfurt — Frankfurt-am-Main
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Frankfurt — Frankfurt-am-Main
  • Persian: فرانکفورت — Frankfurt-am-Main
  • Polish: Frankfurt — Frankfurt-am-Main
  • Polish: Frankfurt nad Menem — Frankfurt-am-Main
  • Portuguese: Francoforte — Frankfurt-am-Main
  • Portuguese: Frankfurt — Frankfurt-am-Main
  • Punjabi: ਫ਼ਰਾਂਕਫ਼ੁਰਟ (farāṅkfuraṭ) — Frankfurt-am-Main
  • Romanian: Frankfurt — Frankfurt-am-Main
  • Russian: Фра́нкфурт (Fránkfurt) — Frankfurt-am-Main
  • Russian: Фра́нкфурт-на-Ма́йне (Fránkfurt-na-Májne) — Frankfurt-am-Main
  • Serbo-Croatian: Франкфурт — Frankfurt-am-Main
  • Serbo-Croatian: Frankfurt — Frankfurt-am-Main
  • Slovak: Frankfurt — Frankfurt-am-Main
  • Slovene: Frankfurt — Frankfurt-am-Main
  • Spanish: Fráncfort — Frankfurt-am-Main
  • Spanish: Fráncfort del Meno — Frankfurt-am-Main
  • Swedish: Frankfurt — Frankfurt-am-Main
  • Tamil: பிராங்க்ஃபுர்ட் (pirāṅkfurṭ) — Frankfurt-am-Main
  • Thai: ฟรังค์ฟวร์ท (frang-fwart) — Frankfurt-am-Main
  • Turkish: Frankfurt — Frankfurt-am-Main
  • Ukrainian: Фра́нкфурт (Fránkfurt) — Frankfurt-am-Main
  • Ukrainian: Фрáнкфурт-на-Мáйні (Fránkfurt-na-Májni) — Frankfurt-am-Main
  • Vietnamese: Frankfurt — Frankfurt-am-Main
  • Vietnamese: Phrăng-phuốc — Frankfurt-am-Main
  • Yiddish: פֿראַנקפֿורט (frankfurt) — Frankfurt-am-Main
  • French: Francfort — Frankfurt-an-der-Oder
  • French: Francfort-sur-l'Oder — Frankfurt-an-der-Oder
  • Georgian: ოდერის ფრანკფურტი (oderis pranḳpurṭi) — Frankfurt-an-der-Oder
  • Georgian: ფრანკფურტი (pranḳpurṭi) — Frankfurt-an-der-Oder
  • German: Frankfurt an der Oder — Frankfurt-an-der-Oder
  • Greek: Φραγκφούρτη (Fragkfoúrti) — Frankfurt-an-der-Oder
  • Hungarian: Frankfurt — Frankfurt-an-der-Oder
  • Italian: Francoforte — Frankfurt-an-der-Oder
  • Italian: Francoforte sull'Oder — Frankfurt-an-der-Oder
  • Japanese: フランクフルト (Furankufuruto) — Frankfurt-an-der-Oder
  • Macedonian: Франкфурт — Frankfurt-an-der-Oder
  • Marathi: फ्रांक्फुर्ट (phrāṅkphurṭa) — Frankfurt-an-der-Oder
  • Polish: Frankfurt — Frankfurt-an-der-Oder
  • Polish: Frankfurt nad Odrą — Frankfurt-an-der-Oder
  • Portuguese: Frankfurt — Frankfurt-an-der-Oder
  • Russian: Фра́нкфурт (Fránkfurt) — Frankfurt-an-der-Oder
  • Russian: Фра́нкфурт-на-О́дере (Fránkfurt-na-Ódɛre) — Frankfurt-an-der-Oder
  • Serbo-Croatian: Франкфурт — Frankfurt-an-der-Oder
  • Serbo-Croatian: Frankfurt — Frankfurt-an-der-Oder
  • Lower Sorbian: Frankobrod — Frankfurt-an-der-Oder
  • Spanish: Fráncfort — Frankfurt-an-der-Oder
  • Spanish: Fráncfort del Óder — Frankfurt-an-der-Oder
  • Ukrainian: Фра́нкфурт (Fránkfurt) — Frankfurt-an-der-Oder
  • Ukrainian: Фра́нкфурт-на-О́дері (Fránkfurt-na-Óderi) — Frankfurt-an-der-Oder
  • Vietnamese: Phrăng-phuốc — Frankfurt-an-der-Oder
Real reading context

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