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How to use this dictionary

For beginners: Start with the 150 essential Frisian words rather than the full dictionary. The essential-words page is a curated first-vocabulary list. Once you know those 150 words well, you will use the dictionary to fill in gaps as you encounter them in lessons.

For intermediate learners: Use the dictionary alongside the Frisian MasterCourse. When a word appears in a lesson and you want deeper context (plural forms, usage examples, related words), look it up here.

For Dutch speakers doing Fries leren: The dictionary returns Dutch translations alongside English ones, so you can look up a Frisian word and get both languages at once.

For heritage learners: Many older words and spellings are included. Note that written Frisian standardized its orthography in the 20th century - pre-1950 texts sometimes use spelling variants not recognized by modern spell-checkers.

The most looked-up Frisian words

FrisianEnglishNoteswezeto beMost common verb; fully irregular (bin, bist, is, binne)hawweto haveSecond most common; also irregular (ha, hast, hat)geanto goHigh frequency; gean / giest / gietheitfatherDistinctly Frisian; no Dutch equivalentmemmotherDistinctly Frisian; no Dutch equivalentpakegrandfatherFrisian cultural vocabularybeppegrandmotherFrisian cultural vocabularyFryskFrisian (adj./noun)Both the language and the peoplehoe giet ithow are youStandard greeting; literally "how goes it"FryslanFrieslandThe province; note the specific spelling

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  const subForms=L.subForms||[];
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    nlT.slice(0,6).forEach(t=>{h+='🇳🇱'+esc(t.form)+'';});
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  }

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  }
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    h+='📊 InflectionsFormFrisianPronunciation';
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      (f.paradigms||[]).forEach(p=>{
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Question 4

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Question 5

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