Fredrikstad

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Norwegian Fredrikstad. === Proper noun === Fredrikstad A city and municipality of Viken, Eastern Norway, Norway. == Norwegian Bokmål == === Alternative forms === Frederiksstad, Fredriksstad === Etymology === Fredrik +‎ stad, first part named after Frederick II of Denmark, the King of Denmark and Norway and Duke of Schleswig and Holstein from 1559 until his death in 1588, the city was the first in Norway to be named after a person. Prior to 1877, the name was spelled Frederiksstad, then from 1877–1888 it was written as Fredriksstad, and finally since 1889 it has been spelled in its current form: Fredrikstad. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfrɛdrɪkstɑː/ Rhymes: -ɑː Hyphenation: Fred‧rik‧stad Homophone: Fredriksstad === Proper noun === Fredrikstad Fredrikstad (the administrative center, municipality, and city in Viken, Eastern Norway, Norway) === References === “Fredrikstad” in Store norske leksikon == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Alternative forms === Freksta (colloquial) === Proper noun === Fredrikstad a municipality of Østfold, Norway, and the seventh-largest city in Norway.