Frankfurt
proper noun
- German city
- family name
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈfɹæŋkfɜːt/ / [ˈfɹæŋkfɜːt] / /ˈfɹæŋkfɝt/
name
Etymology: Etymology tree German Frankfurtbor. English Frankfurt Borrowed from German Frankfurt.
- 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.”
- The largest city in Hesse, in central Germany; in full, Frankfurt am Main.
“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.”
- The largest city in Hesse, in central Germany; in full, Frankfurt am Main.
“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.”
- A sizable town in Brandenburg, in eastern Germany; in full, Frankfurt an der Oder.
noun
Etymology: From German Frankfurt. Compare frankfurter.
- A frankfurter; a hot dog sausage.
“Sample of frankfurts procured from Stanley Kwiatkowski, Grand Rapids, Mich. Contains excessive amount of cereal.”
“Frankfurts of the highest quality are prepared generally from a mixture of approximately half beef and half pork.”