Franken

• Dutch Franken
• German Franken
• Yiddish [Term?] (Franken)

Franken (plural Frankens)

1. A surname
   1. A patronymic surname from Dutch, equivalent to English Franks or Frankson, for a descendant of a person named Frank
   2. A surname from German
      1. A patronymic surname from German, equivalent to English Franks or Frankson, for a descendant of a person named Frank
      2. A topographic surname from German, for someone from Franconia
      3. An occupational surname from German, for a freeman
   3. A topographic Jewish surname from Yiddish, for Franconian Jews

From Frank. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. Is this a patronymic, like Jansen, or a different type of derivation?

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• Rhymes: -ɑŋkən

Franken

1. a surname transferred from the given name

• English: Franken

Inflected forms of Franke.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfʁaŋkən/, [ˈfʁaŋkŋ̩], [ˈfʀaŋkŋ̍], [ˈfrɑŋkŋ̍]

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• Hyphenation: Fran‧ken
• Rhymes: -aŋkn̩

Franken

1. inflection of Franke:
   1. genitive/dative/accusative singular
   2. nominative/genitive/dative/accusative plural

Originally the dative plural of the ethnonym Franke, meaning bei den Franken (by the Franks).

• IPA^(key): /ˈfʀaŋkən/, [ˈfʀaŋkŋ̍]

Franken n (proper noun, genitive Frankens or (optionally with an article) Franken)

1. Franconia (a cultural region and former duchy in Germany, comprising the northern area of modern Bavaria and lands to its immediate west)
2. (historical) Francia

• Oberfranken, Mittelfranken, Unterfranken

• IPA^(key): /ˈfʀaŋkən/, [ˈfʀaŋkn̩]

Franken m (strong, genitive Frankens, plural Franken)

1. franc (Swiss currency)

   der Schweizer Franken ― the Swiss franc

2. franc (former Belgian currency)

   der belgische Franken ― the Belgian franc

Franken n

1. Franconia (a cultural region and former duchy in Germany, comprising the northern area of modern Bavaria and lands to its immediate west)