ostfränkisch
German, adjective/ˈɔstˌfʁɛŋkɪʃ/
ostfränkisch is spelled O-S-T-F-R-Ä-N-K-I-S-C-H (12 letters) and appears about once in every 36 million words in written German, the 357,274th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ostfränkisch is a German adjective meaning “East Frankish” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “auf Ostfranken bezogen”.
What does ostfränkisch mean in English?
adjective
- 1
East Frankish
- 2
East Franconian
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ostfränkisch ist ein oberdeutscher Dialekt, welcher in der Region Franken gesprochen wird und umgangssprachlich als Fränkisch bezeichnet wird.
adjective: 1. auf Ostfranken bezogen 2. auf das Ostfränkische bezogen
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of ostfränkisch
- ostfränkischer masculine nominative singular
- ostfränkische feminine nominative singular
- ostfränkisches neuter nominative singular
- ostfränkischen genitive masculine singular
- ostfränkischem dative masculine singular
- der ostfränkische definite includes-article masculine
- die ostfränkische definite feminine includes-article
- das ostfränkische definite includes-article neuter
- die ostfränkischen definite includes-article nominative
- des ostfränkischen definite genitive includes-article
- der ostfränkischen definite feminine genitive
- dem ostfränkischen dative definite includes-article
- den ostfränkischen dative definite includes-article
- (das) Ostfränkisch nominative singular
- das Ostfränkische nominative singular
- (des) Ostfränkisch genitive singular
- (des) Ostfränkischs genitive singular
- des Ostfränkischen genitive singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ostfränkisch?
- /ˈɔstˌfʁɛŋkɪʃ/
- [ˈɔstˌfʁɛŋkɪʃ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ostfränkisch in German?
ostfränkisch appears about once in every 36 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).