Freelang Frisian-English dictionary

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Frisian – The closest language to English

Frisian is the closest language to English. The separation between Old Frisian and Old English took place in the 8th century when each language began to evolve separately. Despite the geographical and historical separation of the languages, there are still similarities in terms of phonetics, sentence structure and vocabulary. English and Frisian share 80% of the vocabulary. However, modern Frisian and English are not mutually intelligible. Frisian is a native language of [...]

Frisian (or Western Frisian) is a Western Germanic language (in the same group as English) spoken in the province of Friesland, in the north of the Netherlands, by about 700,000 people.

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Download our free dictionary (for Windows or Android) and browse both the Frisian-English and the English-Frisian lists. Look up a word, add or modify an entry, and learn words at your own rhythm from a personal learning list. Click here to learn more about the features or scroll down to download the program. An online version is also available, so you can browse the dictionary without downloading it.

Features of this dictionary

Download our free dictionary for Android! Browse the wordlists, look up words and practice your vocabulary at your own rhythm. An online version is also available, so you can browse the dictionary without downloading it.

Word list information

This dictionary was made by Renato B. Figueiredo.

Frisian > English: 4,622 words
English > Frisian: 4,959 words

Last update: March 21, 2014
First upload: June 23, 2007

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