fansels

West Frisian

Etymology

From fan sels (“of itself”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fanˈsɛls/

Adverb

fansels

  1. automatically
  2. of course, true (acknowledges something, but shows that it is not the main focus)
    Fansels de Twadde Wrâldkriich ûnhuerich wie, mar it needsaaklik wie
    True, the Second World War was awful, but it was necessary.

Further reading
  • “fansels”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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