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Föhr Frisian, or Fering, is the dialect of North Frisian spoken on the island of Föhr in the German region of North Frisia. Fering refers to the Fering Frisian name of Föhr, Feer . Together with the Öömrang , Söl'ring , and Heligolandic dialects, it forms part of the insular group of North Frisian dialects and it is very similar to Öömrang.
Föhr (German pronunciation: ⓘ; Fering North Frisian: Feer; Danish: Før) is one of the North Frisian Islands on the German coast of the North Sea. It is part of the Nordfriesland district in the federal state of Schleswig-Holstein. Föhr is the second-largest North Sea island of Germany and a popular destination for tourists.
Saterland Frisian, spoken in the German municipality of Saterland just south of East Frisia; North Frisian, spoken in the German region of North Frisia (within the Kreis of Nordfriesland) on the west coast of Jutland. Of these three languages both Saterland Frisian (2,000 speakers) and North Frisian (10,000 speakers) [39] are endangered.
Painter Emil Nolde (born Emil Hansen) from Nolde, now part of Denmark, called his father a North Frisian. For most of his life, Nolde lived in Seebüll near the Vidå river. Frederik Paulsen Sr, founder of Ferring Pharmaceuticals and the Ferring Foundation. Friede Springer (born 1942 in Oldsum) is a publisher and widow of Axel Springer.
Otto Waalkes, German comedian, actor and musician, born in Emden; Hayley Westenra, singer from New Zealand; of some Frisian descent [1] Harm Wiersma (born 1953 in Leeuwarden), six time world champion in draughts and politician; Piter Wilkens (born 1959), Frisian folk and pop singer
The German name Ostfriesland distinguishes the historical region from Ost-Friesland, which refers to East Frisia as a whole. North Frisia in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany roughly corresponds to the district of Nordfriesland and the archipelago of Heligoland. It includes the North Frisian Islands, where varieties of the North Frisian language are ...
A Frisian Parliament, the Ostfreesk Landschaft, was an assembly of different social groups of East Frisia, jealously protecting the traditional rights and freedoms of the Frisians against the Prince. East Frisian independence ended in 1744, when the region was taken over by Prussia after the last Cirksena prince had died without issue. There ...
North Frisians (German: Nordfriesen; Danish: Nordfrisere; North Frisian: Nuurdfresen) are the inhabitants of the district of Nordfriesland in the north German state of Schleswig-Holstein. Used in a narrower sense, the term also refers to an ethnic sub-group of the Frisians from the region of North Frisia , which lies primarily on the German ...