Frankfurt Meaning
/ˈfɹæŋkfɜːt/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA frankfurter; a hot dog sausage.
nameThe largest city in Hesse, in central Germany; in full, Frankfurt am Main.
Sentence Examples
It was named after Frankfurt, a German city.
The 2011 Women's Soccer World Cup will end in Frankfurt, Germany.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The German city of ____ is famous for its many skyscrapers and major stock exchange.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Major international banks and financial institutions are located in the bustling city of ____, Germany.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree German Frankfurtbor. English Frankfurt Borrowed from German Frankfurt.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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."
— 2025 July 8, Zoe Sottile, “He was born to a US citizen soldier on an army base in Germany. Now he’s been deported to Jamaica, a country he’d never been to”, in CNN, archived from the original on 10 Jul 2025:
"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."
— 1998, Franfurter Allgemeine Zeitung GmbH Information Services, German Brief, volume 10:
"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."
— 2014 May 9, Dan O'Brien, “Trichet like a broken record when what we need is fresh thinking”, in Irish Independent, archived from the original on 17 Jul 2014:
"Sample of frankfurts procured from Stanley Kwiatkowski, Grand Rapids, Mich. Contains excessive amount of cereal."
— 1919, Michigan Office of Dairy and Food Commissioner, Annual report of the Dairy and Food Commissioner of the State of Michigan, volume 25, page 81:
"Frankfurts of the highest quality are prepared generally from a mixture of approximately half beef and half pork."
— 1942, Robert Byron Hinman, Robert Bernard Harris, The Story of Meat, page 137:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The German city of ____ is famous for its many skyscrapers and major stock exchange.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Major international banks and financial institutions are located in the bustling city of ____, Germany.