different between pranker vs franker

English

Etymology

prank +? -er

Noun

pranker (plural prankers)

1. (obsolete) One who dresses showily; a prinker.

   • a pranker or a dancer

English

Etymology 1

From frank +? -er.

Adjective

franker

1. comparative form of frank: more frank

Etymology 2

From frank +? -er.

Noun

franker (plural frankers)

1. Somebody or something which franks.

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse frakkar pl, from Proto-Germanic *frankô m (“spear”), cognate with Old English franca (“spear”), Franca (“Frank”), German Franke. Borrowed to Medieval Latin Francus, Old French franc (“free, sincere”), Byzantine Greek ??????? (Phránkos, “Frank, person from Western Europe”), Arabic ????????????? (?ifranjiyy, “Frank, person from Western Europe”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?f????k?is??], [?f???????]

Noun

franker c (singular definite frankeren, plural indefinite frankere)

1. (historical) a Frank (a person from the historical Germanic tribe of the Franks)
2. (obsolete) Frenchman
3. (obsolete) West European (seen from the point of view of the Greeks and Middle Eastern people)
4. Franconian (a person from the German region of Franconia)

Inflection

Derived terms

• frankisk

References

• “franker” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse frankar pl

Noun

franker m (definite singular frankeren, indefinite plural frankere, definite plural frankerne)

1. (historical) a Frank (one of the Franks)

Derived terms

• frankisk

See also

• frankar (Nynorsk)

References

• “franker” in The Bokmål Dictionary.