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North Frisian

adj · name · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Pertaining to the North Frisians.

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name

Meaning 2

A Frisian language, or group of dialects, spoken by 5,000 to 10,000 people in northwestern Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

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noun

Meaning 3

A person belonging to or descended from the people.

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45 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Dutch: Noordfries — pertaining to the North Frisians
  • Faroese: norðurfrísiskur — pertaining to the North Frisians
  • Finnish: pohjoisfriisiläinen — pertaining to the North Frisians
  • Georgian: ჩრდილოფრიზიული (črdilopriziuli) — pertaining to the North Frisians
  • Georgian: ჩრდილოფრიზიელების (črdiloprizielebis) — pertaining to the North Frisians
  • German: nordfriesisch — pertaining to the North Frisians
  • Afrikaans: Noord-Fries — Frisian language
  • Danish: nordfrisisk — Frisian language
  • Dutch: Noordfries — Frisian language
  • Esperanto: nordfrisa lingvo — Frisian language
  • Estonian: põhjafriisi — Frisian language
  • Faroese: norðurfrísiskt — Frisian language
  • Finnish: pohjoisfriisi — Frisian language
  • French: frison septentrional — Frisian language
  • French: frison du Nord — Frisian language
  • North Frisian: Nordfriisk — Frisian language
  • North Frisian: Noortfriisk — Frisian language
  • North Frisian: Nuurđfriisk — Frisian language
  • North Frisian: (Fering) Nuurdfriisk — Frisian language
  • North Frisian: (Öömrang) Nuurdfresk — Frisian language
  • Saterland Frisian: Noudfräisk — Frisian language
  • West-Frisian: Noardfrysk — Frisian language
  • Georgian: ჩრდილოფრიზიული (črdilopriziuli) — Frisian language
  • Georgian: ჩრდილოფრიზიული ენა (črdilopriziuli ena) — Frisian language
  • German: Nordfriesisch — Frisian language
  • Icelandic: norðurfrísneska — Frisian language
  • Indonesian: Bahasa Frisia Utara — Frisian language
  • Irish: Freaslainnis an Tuaiscirt — Frisian language
  • Italian: frisone settentrionale — Frisian language
  • Norwegian Bokmål: nordfrisisk — Frisian language
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: nordfrisisk — Frisian language
  • Polish: północnofryzyjski — Frisian language
  • Romanian: frizonă nordică — Frisian language
  • Romanian: friziană nordică — Frisian language
  • Russian: севернофри́зский (severnofrízskij) — Frisian language
  • Spanish: frisio norteño — Frisian language
  • Swedish: nordfrisiska — Frisian language
  • Vietnamese: Tiếng Bắc Friesland — Frisian language
  • Dutch: Noordfries — person belonging to the North Frisian people
  • Faroese: norðurfrísi — person belonging to the North Frisian people
  • Finnish: pohjoisfriisi — person belonging to the North Frisian people
  • Georgian: ჩრდილოფრიზიელი (črdiloprizieli) — person belonging to the North Frisian people
  • German: Nordfriese — person belonging to the North Frisian people
  • German: Nordfriesin — person belonging to the North Frisian people
  • Romanian: frizon nordic — person belonging to the North Frisian people