Frisians

E130580

Germanic people ethnic group

The Frisians are a Germanic people native to the coastal regions of the North Sea, particularly in what is now the Netherlands and Germany, known historically for their seafaring, trade, and distinctive Frisian language.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Frisians canonical	24
Frisian people	3
North Frisians	3
East Frisians	1
Frisian culture	1
Frisian folk costumes	1
West Frisians	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Germanic people ⓘ ethnic group ⓘ
associatedWith	Frisian cattle ⓘ Frisian horses ⓘ
closelyRelatedLanguageTo	English ⓘ surface form: English language
closelyRelatedTo	English people ⓘ
country	Germany ⓘ Netherlands ⓘ
culturalSymbol	Flag of Friesland ⓘ surface form: Frisian flag pompeblêden (stylized lily pads) ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf	Frisia ⓘ
ethnogenesis	1st millennium AD ⓘ
historicalEntity	Frisian freedom ⓘ surface form: Frisian Freedom Frisia ⓘ surface form: Frisian Kingdom
historicalPeriod	Early Middle Ages ⓘ
historicalRegion	Frisia ⓘ Frisia ⓘ surface form: Magna Frisia
historicalReligion	Germanic paganism ⓘ
knownFor	cattle breeding ⓘ dike building ⓘ maritime commerce ⓘ seafaring ⓘ trade ⓘ
languageFamily	West Germanic languages ⓘ
minorityStatusIn	Germany ⓘ Netherlands ⓘ
nativeTo	East Frisia ⓘ surface form: East Frisian region North Frisia ⓘ surface form: North Frisian region West Frisian Islands ⓘ coastal regions of the North Sea ⓘ Northern Netherlands ⓘ surface form: northern Netherlands northwestern Germany ⓘ
partOf	Germanic peoples ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
significantPopulationIn	East Frisia ⓘ North Frisia ⓘ province of Friesland ⓘ surface form: Province of Friesland
speaks	Frisian languages ⓘ North Frisian ⓘ surface form: North Frisian language Saterland Frisian ⓘ surface form: Saterland Frisian language West Frisian ⓘ surface form: West Frisian language
subgroup	East Frisia ⓘ surface form: East Frisians Frisians self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: North Frisians Frisians self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: West Frisians
traditionalLaw	Lex Frisionum ⓘ
traditionalOccupation	dairy farming ⓘ fishing ⓘ trading ⓘ

Referenced by (34)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Batavi tribe → neighboringPeoples → Frisians ⓘ

subject surface form: Batavi

Germanic peoples → ancestralTo → Frisians ⓘ

East Frisia → ethnicGroup → Frisians ⓘ

this entity surface form: East Frisians

Lordship of Friesland → hasEthnicGroup → Frisians ⓘ

Germania → associatedWithTribe → Frisians ⓘ

Frisian (partially) → usedBy → Frisians ⓘ

subject surface form: Frisian languages

this entity surface form: Frisian people

Batavian people → relatedEthnicGroup → Frisians ⓘ

Flemings → relatedEthnicGroup → Frisians ⓘ

Flag of Friesland → usedBy → Frisians ⓘ

Duchy of Saxony → ethnicGroup → Frisians ⓘ

Dutch people → relatedEthnicGroup → Frisians ⓘ

North Frisian → usedByEthnicGroup → Frisians ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Frisians

Frisians → subgroup → Frisians self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: West Frisians

Frisians → subgroup → Frisians self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Frisians

Saxons → relatedEthnicGroup → Frisians ⓘ

Rombertus van Uylenburgh → ethnicGroup → Frisians ⓘ

Saterland → hasCulturalHeritage → Frisians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Frisian folk costumes

West Germanic peoples → ancestralTo → Frisians ⓘ

West Germanic peoples → hasSubgroup → Frisians ⓘ

Duchy of Schleswig → hasEthnicGroup → Frisians ⓘ

Duke of Schleswig → associatedWithEthnicGroups → Frisians ⓘ

Frisia → traditionalInhabitants → Frisians ⓘ

Frisia → ethnicGroup → Frisians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Frisian people

Frisia → historicalPeople → Frisians ⓘ

Jutes → relatedTo → Frisians ⓘ

Angles → closelyRelatedTo → Frisians ⓘ

Liudger → ethnicGroup → Frisians ⓘ

Holstein → ethnicGroup → Frisians ⓘ

North Frisian Islands → hasEthnicGroup → Frisians ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Frisians

Frisian freedom → appliesTo → Frisians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Frisian people

Flemish people → relatedEthnicGroup → Frisians ⓘ

Wiebe → hasCulturalOrigin → Frisians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Frisian culture