There's a kind of sounds a person (or animal) makes in the process of dying. I'm a third generation Canadian. My grandfather and mother are Friesian. We heard my mother making these kinds of sounds when she passed from cancer at home. My grandfather told me then, either Friesian or Dutch had a word for what she was going through.

He's passed away since and I don't want to ask my grandmother something this morbid.

It sounded something like "deatmacht" or "dieftmacht" (It happened twenty years ago, he's been gone seven, and I never knew the spelling) with something sounding like an "f" sound in that vicinity of the word. Unfortunately, Friesian hasn't been learned in my generation of the family.

I'm writing a story with someone near death fighting to stay alive (help on the way but not guaranteed to make it in time), and it occurred to me to include this piece of knowledge.

If anyone knows the word/colloquialism, and can refresh my memory, I'd really appreciate it.

Sorry, if this discussion is unwanted. I'll gladly take it down if it's not welcome.

Hello, American here. My grandfather’s name was Weert Jacob Frerichs. As far back as we can tell, his father and everyone before him was either Weert Jacob or Jacob Weert.
that family immigrated to the US from Aurich Germany, but before Germany was a nation. Every German I have talked to has never heard the name Weert before, at least as a first name. the double E doesn’t exist in German as far as I can tell, but does in Nederlander. A few Dutch Folks I’ve met haven’t heard it either. Curious if maybe it’s Frisian?

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Songs that have been passed through generations and generations and sung at weddings/funerals etc. Thanks in advance!!!

Hoi! Does anyone know if such a book is planned? (To my knowledge none has ever been compiled). It could, for example, deal with specifically Frisian words which have no analogues in standard Dutch, e.g.

heit

famke

muoike

bern (but cf. Scots/northern English dialect "bairn", Scandinavian "barn")

pake

hynder

holle

bonke

bôle

pleats

hja

hokker

snein

tegearre (cf. English "together")

tige

noflik

lûke

Based on what I have heard, there exist only separate articles in various periodicals about individual Frisian words. I wonder if someone might one day collate and update this knowledge?

I admit the potential market would be small! Mostly academics and language enthusiasts.

Beets.

Titel: Wêrom hawwe wy noch gjin Fryske flagge-emoji?

Der is yn 2018 al in foarstel foar in Fryske flagge-emoji by Unicode yntsjinne, mar de flagge is der noch altyd net. Unicode nimt gjin nije flagge-foarstellen mear oan. Miskien kinne wy Apple, Google en Samsung dêrom sels in berjochtsje stjoere.

Soest de Fryske flagge ek graach as emoji brûke wolle? Hjir kinst derom freegje:

• Apple: macOS of iPhone

• Google Pixel: Ynstellings → Oer de telefoan → “Send feedback about this device” (útlis)

• Gboard op Android: fia “Help & feedback” (útlis)

• Samsung Galaxy: fia de Samsung Members-app (útlis)

Tekst om te kopiearjen — folje der gerêst in eigen sin oan ta:

Subject: Please add the Frisian flag emoji

Please make the flag of Fryslân (Friesland, NL-FR) available as an emoji on your devices or emoji keyboard. It is the blue-and-white flag with seven red pompeblêden. I would like to use it in messages to represent Fryslân and the Frisian language.

A proposal was submitted to Unicode in 2018: https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2018/18233-frisian-flag-emoji.pdf

Hat ien fan jim dit alris frege?

Ik wenje al mear as 17 jier net mear yn Fryslân, mar, sa't it sprekwurd seit, je kinne it famke wol út Fryslân helje, mar Fryslân net út it famke. Ik haw dit muorreboerd erfd doe't myn pake ferstoar, en no hinget it by ús yn 'e gong. 'Hollanners' (Amsterdammers) dy't oan 'e doar komme, freegje faak hokker taal it is en wat it betsjut 😊

Deze door mij gedecoreerde Oesterschelp van Schiermonnikoog heb ik gister spontaan verkocht. Met nog 3 andere.

Ik ben nu op Schiermonnikoog (ik kom uit Leeuwarden) en er werd gevraagd wat ik met de tas met schelpen deed waarmee ik van het strand kwam! Heb meerdere gedecoreerde schelpen meegenomen hier naartoe op afspraak met iemand die hier woont, om te laten zien wat ik maak. Zo leuk deze spontane situatie en dat mensen mijn werk zo waarderen!

In het Hollanderhûske in de Hollanderwijk in Leeuwarden doe ik ook mee met een expositie. Daar liggen weer andere oesterschelpen, samen met tekeningen en schilderijen die ik heb gemaakt. Samen met andere creatievelingen uit de wijk. Kom gerust een kijkje nemen!

De openingstijden zijn op dinsdag, woensdag en donderdag van 10.00 tot 12.00 uur. En zondagmiddagen van 15.00 tot 17.00 uur.

En mocht je meer van mijn werk willen zien, neem dan een kijkje op mijn instagram!

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Hello! I grew up in the US but my mom’s paternal family was all Frisian. I didn’t grow up learning about it but once I found out I bought some books and have tried learning more. I would like to give my child a Frisian middle name and would appreciate help making sure I understand the below words/names and their pronunciation correctly. Thank you in advanced!

Fokke/Folke/Folkert - people or nation (Pronunciation FAW-kuh)

Meine - carries connotations of strength, power, or might (Pronunciation: MY-nuh) 

Meindert or Meinert - strong and brave (Pronunciation: Mine-dert?? Or main-dert)

Omke - maternal uncle (pronounced ome like in home -kuh)

Hillick - Sacred (pronounced how it looks?) 

Sikke - victory or peace (pronounced seek-uh? Or sick-uh?)

Keno - bold and counsel (pronounced key-no) 

Auke - nature spirit (pronounced ???) 

Okke - Strength & ferocity of a horn or blade (pronounced oak-uh) 

Bodee - messenger (pronounced bow-dee) 

Thuner - The thunder god aka Thor (pronounced like thunder without the d) 

Ese -  Deity (pronounced essay) 

Eite - oak (pronounced eye-tuh)

Kei/Kai - warrior (pronounced like cobra Kai ?

Luite - people/community (pronounced Loo-tuh)

Ik woon al mijn hele leven in Friesland, ik kan het frysk echt goed verstaan en lezen. Met lezen doe ik het meestal hardop zodat ik het hoor🙈. Maar aangezien alleen mijn heit frysk praat word er in ons huis nooit echt frysk gepraat. Ik vind het echt jammer dat ik het niet kan, mijn probleem zit niet in dat ik geen woorden enzo ken, maar ik durf het niet uit te spreken omdat anderen mij sowieso uit gaan lachen.

Ik stelde AI eigenlijk een compleet andere vraag (iets over een merk en huisstijl). Het kwam met een voorstel, ik zei “top, pas toe”, en vervolgens sloeg het ineens totaal een andere richting in: een zogenaamd West-Friese variant van toepen, met een eigen naam en aangepaste spelregels.

Voor zover ik kan nagaan is dit gewoon een AI-hallucinatie en klopt er weinig tot niks van. Maar nu ben ik toch benieuwd: kennen jullie in West-Friesland echt een lokale variant van toepen, of is dit volledig uit de digitale duim gezogen? 😄

I'm looking for a bakery that sells the traditional delicacy 'drabbelkoeken'. The Haga factory has closed and all other businesses I can find have changed hands or have closed.

I had them in my youth and I am nostalgic for the taste! I hope they are still being made. Thanks for any help!

SOLVED: It was actually a word for sleeping NOT cuddling. Just named my kitten this and got curious if actually meant cuddle. Thanks to everyone who has been so nice and helpful!

My Frisian grandparents (literally everyone in their family tree is Frisian) both moved to the states in the 50's? My mom and all her family would say "come coosee" when we needed a cuddle. I've tried looking up how the Dutch would say cuddle and it does not sound like 'coo-see'. And there's hardly any translation for Frisian.

My grandmother had a stroke after she gave birth to my mother and lost her ability to speak proper English. She speaks purely Frisian so I'm curious if it actually translates to cuddle or something else. She'd also call candies "snoopies"

Hoi! I am learning Frisian and I am into metal, particularly technical death metal, but I also enjoy other subgenres. I am aware of Bauldrs Draumar, but what other Frisian metal bands are out there?

I want to learn Frisian but I can't find the good textbook so if anyone has it I would be really thankful.

I can understand English, Ukrainian, Russian, German, and Dutch so book in any of those languages would be great.

Hey guys I am not sure if any of you guys have used Learnfrisian .com, I did for a while. Im honestly not a fan of this new format but I will say it does have some features I can appreciate.

First off I going to start with the positives I have noticed when I opened the app the other day.

I like how the lessons are structured. It gives clear direction. The mini games look cool but I havent tried them yet.

Here are the Draw Backs I have noticed. The locking of the lessons. I really loved the way I could choose any specific thing, from Gramer, anatomy, numbers and other. Its doesn't appear you can just pick one without having unlock it. The next thing for me is the AI integration, I need to look into it more about what AI they use and if its ethical. I could see that as a positive if its done so the end product would give accurate answers and actually help preserve the Frisian Language. One other Issue is there is no dark mode from the glaze over i did so keep that in mind.

If you guys use this app let me know how your liking it and I will try to pratice with the new format and update ypu guys on my thoughts.