Franzose

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See also: franzose

German

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle High German franzōse, franzoise, from Old French françois.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /fʁanˈtsoːzə/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: Fran‧zo‧se

Noun

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Franzose m (weak, genitive Franzosen, plural Franzosen, feminine Französin)

  1. Frenchman (person of French birth or nationality)
    Synonym: Schangel
    • 1796, Christoph Girtanner, Historische Nachrichten und politische Betrachtungen über die französische Revolution, volume 12, page 276:
      Alle diese Franzosen beiderlei Geschlechts können frei und ungehindert in Rußland unter dem Schutze Unserer Gesetze wohnen [...]
      All these Frenchmen of both sexes can live free and unimpeded in Russia under the protecton of Our laws.
  2. A French car
  3. (colloquial) monkey wrench

Declension

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • Franzose” in Duden online
  • Franzose” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache