friesl.
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The verdict
“friesl.” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an abbreviation. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - friesländisch; auf das Land der Friesen, Friesland, bezogen
Corpus desk
Index DE-friesl · friesl. · German
friesl. · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | friesl. |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Abbreviation |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „friesl.“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
friesl. is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anabbreviation, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "friesländisch; auf das Land der Friesen, Friesland, bezogen".
friesl. has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is friesl., spelled F-R-I-E-S-L-..
Definition
- 1friesländisch; auf das Land der Friesen, Friesland, bezogen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how friesl. appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Da wo jetzt die Stadt Dockum liegt (eine Meile von der Nordsee), war damals ein unansehnliches Gehöfte[…] sechs Stunden von Lecuwarden (friesl. Liewerden).“
„Elbe, Rhein, Donau mit den Nebenflüssen stellenweise häufig, desgleichen an den holsteinischen, friesl., holländ., nordfranz. Küsten und den dänischen Inseln, ebenfalls auf Norderney häufig, sogar in Asien und Nordamerika.“
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.