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Frankfurt en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• [ˈfɹeɪ̯ŋkfɝt] US, Canada, æ-raising
• [ˈfɹæŋkfɜːt] (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈfɹæŋkfɜːt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈfɹɛ̃ŋkfɝt/ US, Canada, æ-raising
• /ˈfɹeɪ̯ŋkfɝt/ US, Canada, æ-raising
• [ˈfɹæŋkfɝt] (General-American) without æ-raising
• /ˈfɹæŋkfɝt/ (General-American) without æ-raising
• [ˈfɹɛ̃ŋkfɝt] US, Canada, æ-raising

Etymology

Borrowed from German Frankfurt.

Meanings

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 Jul 2025:
2. (metonymically) The largest city in Hesse, in central Germany; in full, Frankfurt am Main. ▸ 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:
3. (metonymically) The largest city in Hesse, in central Germany; in full, Frankfurt am Main. ▸ 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:
4. A sizable town in Brandenburg, in eastern Germany; in full, Frankfurt an der Oder.

Forms

Deriveds

frankfurter · frank · Frankfurt kitchen · Frankfurtian · Frankfurt case · Frankfurt School

Translations (95)

uk Фра́нкфурт-на-О́дері (Frankfurt-an-der-Oder) · gl Frankfurt (Frankfurt-am-Main) · fr Francfort-sur-le-Main (Frankfurt-am-Main) · fr Francfort (Frankfurt-an-der-Oder) · bn ফ্রাঙ্কফুর্ট (Frankfurt-am-Main) · ml ഫ്രാങ്ക്ഫർട്ട് (Frankfurt-am-Main) · be Фра́нкфурт (Frankfurt-am-Main) · ko 프랑크푸르트 (Frankfurt-am-Main) · el Φραγκφούρτη (Frankfurt-am-Main) · yi פֿראַנקפֿורט (Frankfurt-am-Main) · ta பிராங்க்ஃபுர்ட் (Frankfurt-am-Main) · dsb Frankobrod (Frankfurt-an-der-Oder) · ru Фра́нкфурт-на-О́дере (Frankfurt-an-der-Oder) · mr फ्रांकफुर्ट (Frankfurt-am-Main) · sh Frankfurt (Frankfurt-an-der-Oder) · eo Frankfurto (Frankfurt-am-Main) · pl Frankfurt (Frankfurt-am-Main) · vi Frankfurt (Frankfurt-am-Main) · ro Frankfurt (Frankfurt-am-Main) · es Fráncfort del Óder (Frankfurt-an-der-Oder) · is Frankfurt (Frankfurt-am-Main) · mr फ्रांक्फुर्ट (Frankfurt-an-der-Oder) · lt Frankfurtas (Frankfurt-am-Main) · sv Frankfurt (Frankfurt-am-Main) · de Frankfurt an der Oder (Frankfurt-an-der-Oder) · ru Фра́нкфурт-на-Ма́йне (Frankfurt-am-Main) · nn Frankfurt (Frankfurt-am-Main) · tr Frankfurt (Frankfurt-am-Main) · es Fráncfort (Frankfurt-am-Main) · fa فرانکفورت (Frankfurt-am-Main) · es Fráncfort (Frankfurt-an-der-Oder) · fr Francfort (Frankfurt-am-Main) · mk Франкфурт (Frankfurt-an-der-Oder) · el Φραγκφούρτη (Frankfurt-an-der-Oder) · mk Франкфурт (Frankfurt-am-Main) · ka ფრანკფურტი (Frankfurt-an-der-Oder) · az Frankfurt (Frankfurt-am-Main) · uk Фрáнкфурт-на-Мáйні (Frankfurt-am-Main) · uk Фра́нкфурт (Frankfurt-am-Main) · kk Франкфурт (Frankfurt-am-Main) · eu Frankfurt (Frankfurt-am-Main) · ja フランクフルト (Frankfurt-am-Main) · uk Фра́нкфурт (Frankfurt-an-der-Oder) · pt Frankfurt (Frankfurt-am-Main) · vi Phrăng-phuốc (Frankfurt-an-der-Oder) · sh Frankfurt (Frankfurt-am-Main) · sq Frankfurti (Frankfurt-am-Main) · pl Frankfurt (Frankfurt-an-der-Oder) · gmw-rfr Frangford am Maa (Frankfurt-am-Main) · fi Frankfurt (Frankfurt-am-Main) · sh Франкфурт (Frankfurt-am-Main) · bg Фра́нкфурт (Frankfurt-am-Main) · pl Frankfurt nad Odrą (Frankfurt-an-der-Oder) · id Frankfurt (Frankfurt-am-Main) · cmn 法蘭克福 /法兰克福 (Frankfurt-am-Main) · sl Frankfurt (Frankfurt-am-Main) · ca Frankfurt (Frankfurt-am-Main) · et Frankfurt (Frankfurt-am-Main) · pl Frankfurt nad Menem (Frankfurt-am-Main) · pt Frankfurt (Frankfurt-an-der-Oder) · ka მაინის ფრანკფურტი (Frankfurt-am-Main) · ms Frankfurt (Frankfurt-am-Main) · hy Ֆրանկֆուրտ (Frankfurt-am-Main) · ka ფრანკფურტი (Frankfurt-am-Main) · vi Phrăng-phuốc (Frankfurt-am-Main) · az Frankfurt-Mayn (Frankfurt-am-Main) · hu Frankfurt (Frankfurt-an-der-Oder) · lv Frankfurte (Frankfurt-am-Main) · ka ოდერის ფრანკფურტი (Frankfurt-an-der-Oder) · fr Francfort-sur-l'Oder (Frankfurt-an-der-Oder) · pa ਫ਼ਰਾਂਕਫ਼ੁਰਟ (Frankfurt-am-Main) · sk Frankfurt (Frankfurt-am-Main) · ru Фра́нкфурт (Frankfurt-am-Main) · sh Франкфурт (Frankfurt-an-der-Oder) · pt Francoforte (Frankfurt-am-Main) · io Frankfurt (Frankfurt-am-Main) · ar فَرَانْكْفُورْت (Frankfurt-am-Main) · it Francoforte sul Meno (Frankfurt-am-Main) · nl Frankfurt (Frankfurt-am-Main) · hu Frankfurt (Frankfurt-am-Main) · it Francoforte sull'Oder (Frankfurt-an-der-Oder) · nb Frankfurt (Frankfurt-am-Main) · he פרנקפורט (Frankfurt-am-Main) · de Frankfurt am Main (Frankfurt-am-Main) · ru Фра́нкфурт (Frankfurt-an-der-Oder) · hi फ़्रैंकफ़र्ट (Frankfurt-am-Main) · th ฟรังค์ฟวร์ท (Frankfurt-am-Main) · da Frankfurt (Frankfurt-am-Main) · it Francoforte (Frankfurt-am-Main) · af Frankfurt (Frankfurt-am-Main) · ja フランクフルト (Frankfurt-an-der-Oder) · it Francoforte (Frankfurt-an-der-Oder) · cs Frankfurt (Frankfurt-am-Main) · es Fráncfort del Meno (Frankfurt-am-Main) · kk Майндағы Франкфурт (Frankfurt-am-Main)