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Frankrike
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Norwegian Bokmål
no:Frankrike
thumb|The flag of France.
thumb|The location of France in Europe.
Etymology
Ultimately from nb gml Frankrīke realm of the Franks; France, from nb osx *Frankrīki. The Old Saxon form is composed of Proto-West Germanic gmw-pro *Frankō a Frank and gmw-pro *rīkī realm, kingdom, literally “realm of the Franks”.
Synchronically equivalent to the stem of nb franker Frank + nb rike realm, kingdom.
Compare nn Frankrike, da Frankrig, sv Frankrike, nds Frankriek, nl Frankrijk and de Frankreich France.
Pronunciation
nb /²ˈfraŋkˌriː.kə/ [ˈfɾâŋkˌɾiː.kə̌]
nb iːkə 3
nb Frank ri ke
Proper noun
nb proper noun
France; nb country r/Western Europe cont/Europe France, with Paris as its capital.
nb Hun skal reise til Frankrike neste sommer. She is travelling to France next summer.
nb 25 June 2026 Espen Løkeland-Stai; Kjerstin Aukrust Frankrike Store norske leksikon https://snl.no/Frankrike Frankrike er et land i Vest-Europa og det tredje største landet i Europa i utstrekning. France is a country in Western Europe and the third-largest country in Europe by area. https://web.archive.org/web/20260919052915/https://snl.no/Frankrike 19 September 2026
Usage notes
The official Norwegian long-form name is Republikken Frankrike (“the French Republic”).
Related terms
nb franker Frank
nb frankisk Frankish
nb fransk French
nb franskmann Frenchman; French person
See also
References
franker
sv 1922 Elof Hellquist Svensk etymologisk ordbok 155 https://runeberg.org/svetym/0243.html
Espen Løkeland-Stai; Kjerstin Aukrust 25 June 2026 Frankrike Store norske leksikon https://snl.no/Frankrike 2 August 2026
nb exonyms
Norwegian Nynorsk
nn:
Proper noun
nn proper noun
nn France Q142
Related terms
nn franskmann
nn fransk
Swedish
sv:
Etymology
From sv gml Frankrīke, from sv osx *Frankrīki. The name is a compound of sv gmw-pro *Frankō a Frank and gmw-pro *rīkī kingdom.
Equivalent to sv franker the Franks rike realm. Compare da Frankrig, nl Frankrijk, de Frankreich.
Pronunciation
sv /ˈfrankrɪkɛ/
sv Sv-Frankrike.ogg
Proper noun
n
sv France Q142
See also
sv fransk
sv franska
sv fransman
sv fransyska
References
saol
Svensk MeSH
sv exonyms