Franzose
See also: franzose
German
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German franzōse, franzoise, from Old French françois.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Franzose m (weak, genitive Franzosen, plural Franzosen, feminine Französin)
- 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.
- A French car
- (colloquial) monkey wrench
Declension
[edit]Declension of Franzose [masculine, weak]
Derived terms
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