Fransän

Volapük

Etymology

Frans +‎ -än

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [fɾan.ˈsɛn]
  • Hyphenation: Fran‧sän

Proper noun

Fransän

  1. France (a country located primarily in Western Europe)
    • 1940, “Pötü yelacen”, in Volapükagased pro Nedänapükans, page 1:
      In Siyop ya dü yels mödik krigastad bevü Yapän e Tsyinän dareigon, ed in Yurop krig jenon bevü Deutän e Polän, Linglän e Fransän, e bevü Rusän e Suomiyän.
      In Asia, a state of war has already been going on for years between Japan and China, and in Europe war is being waged between Germany and Poland, England and France, and between Russia and Finland.

Declension

Declension of Fransän
singular
nominative Fransän
genitive Fransäna
dative Fransäne
accusative Fransäni
vocative 1 o Fransän!
predicative 2 Fransänu

1 status as a case is disputed
2 in later, non-classical Volapük only

Synonyms

  • (obsolete): Flent / Flentän (classic or original Volapük / Volapük rigik)

Derived terms

  • Fransänan
  • Fransänik
  • hi-Fransänan
  • ji-Fransänan
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