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frankfurt

Syllables: Frank·furt/ˈfɹæŋkfɜːt/US/ˈfɹæŋkfɝt/

frankfurt noun: a frankfurter; a hot dog sausage.

Noun

frankfurt (plural frankfurts)

  1. (Australia, US) A frankfurter; a hot dog sausage.
    • Sample of frankfurts procured from Stanley Kwiatkowski, Grand Rapids, Mich. Contains excessive amount of cereal.1919, Michigan Office of Dairy and Food Commissioner, Annual report of the Dairy and Food Commissioner of the State of Michigan, volume 25, page 81
    • Frankfurts of the highest quality are prepared generally from a mixture of approximately half beef and half pork.1942, Robert Byron Hinman, Robert Bernard Harris, The Story of Meat, page 137
    Synonyms:
    frank, frankfurter

Proper noun capitalized: Frankfurt

Frankfurt

  1. The largest city in Hesse, in central Germany; in full, Frankfurt am Main.
    • Thomas was born in 1986, at a US military hospital in Frankfurt, Germany, to a mother born in Kenya and a US citizen father who eventually spent more than a decade in the military, where he repaired Army helicopters.2025 July 8, Zoe Sottile, “He was born to a US citizen soldier on an army base in Germany. Now he’s been deported to Jamaica, a country he’d never been to”, in CNN, archived from the original on 10...
    1. (metonymically) The German financial industry.
      • The poor third-quarter results from Frankfurt had the broadest impact because they spotlighted the vulnerability of the listed German universal banks to the financial crisis spreading from Asia.1998, Franfurter Allgemeine Zeitung GmbH Information Services, German Brief, volume 10
    2. (metonymically) The European Central Bank.
      • Despite this risk, little has happened in the six months since Frankfurt cut interest rates causing one to wonder how different Draghi is from his predecessor.2014 May 9, Dan O'Brien, “Trichet like a broken record when what we need is fresh thinking”, in Irish Independent, archived from the original on 17 Jul 2014
  2. A sizable town in Brandenburg, in eastern Germany; in full, Frankfurt an der Oder.

frankfurt meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

frankfurt in Hindi

फ्रैंकफर्ट, फ्रेंकफर्ट, फ़्रैंकफ़र्ट

frankfurt in Tamil

ஃபிராங்க்ஃபர்ட், பிராங்க்ஃபர்ட், ஃப்ராங்க்ஃபர்ட்

frankfurt in Marathi

फ्रँकफर्ट, फ्रॅंकफर्ट, फ्रांकफर्ट

frankfurt in Urdu

فرینکفرٹ, فرانکفرٹ
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frankfurt in Bengali
ফ্রাঙ্কফুর্ট, ফ্র্যাঙ্কফুর্ট, ফ্রাঙ্কফার্ট
frankfurt in Telugu
ఫ్రాంక్ఫర్ట్, ఫ్రాంక్ఫుర్ట్
frankfurt in Malayalam
ഫ്രാങ്ക്ഫർട്ട്, ഫ്രാങ്ക്ഫുർട്ട്
frankfurt in Kannada
ಫ್ರಾಂಕ್ಫರ್ಟ್, ಫ್ರಾಂಕ್ಫುರ್ಟ್
frankfurt in Punjabi
ਫ੍ਰੈਂਕਫਰਟ, ਫਰੈਂਕਫਰਟ
frankfurt in Gujarati
ફ્રેન્કફર્ટ, ફ્રાન્કફર્ટ, ફ્રેંકફર્ટ
frankfurt in Odia
ଫ୍ରାଙ୍କଫର୍ଟ, ଫ୍ରାଙ୍କଫୁର୍ଟ, ଫ୍ରାନ୍କଫୁର୍ଟ
frankfurt in Nepali
फ्रान्कफर्ट, फ्रान्कफुर्ट, फ्र्याङ्कफर्ट

Synonyms of frankfurt

Forms of frankfurt

Noun
pluralfrankfurts
Proper noun
alternative form (obsolete)Francfort
alternative form (obsolete)Frankfort

Origin of frankfurt

From German Frankfurt. Compare frankfurter.

Borrowed from German Frankfurt.

Words formed from frankfurt

Phrases with frankfurt

Questions about frankfurt

What does frankfurt mean?
Frankfurt means a frankfurter; a hot dog sausage.
What is frankfurt in Hindi?
Frankfurt in Hindi is फ्रैंकफर्ट, फ्रेंकफर्ट, फ़्रैंकफ़र्ट. See Frankfurt meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is frankfurt?
Frankfurt can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce frankfurt?
Frankfurt is pronounced /ˈfɹæŋkfɜːt/ (UK).
What is the plural of frankfurt?
The plural of frankfurt is frankfurts.

Words near frankfurt in the dictionary

  1. frankfish
  2. Frankford
  3. Frankfort
  4. Frankfort black
  5. Frankfort-on-Main
  6. frankfurt
  7. Frankfurt am Main
  8. Frankfurt an der Oder
  9. Frankfurt case
  10. Frankfurt cases
  11. Frankfurt kitchen

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Adapted from Wiktionary: frankfurt (page history and authors); Frankfurt (page history and authors); frankfurt (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); frankfurt (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); frankfurt (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); frankfurt (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); frankfurt (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); frankfurt (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); frankfurt (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); frankfurt (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); frankfurt (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); frankfurt (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); frankfurt (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); frankfurt (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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