Frau

== English == === Etymology === From German Frau. === Noun === Frau (plural Frauen or Fraus) (slightly dated) Used as a courtesy title before the surname of a (typically married) German-speaking woman. Synonym: Fr. Coordinate term: Herr ==== Related terms ==== frau ==== Further reading ==== “Frau”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN. “Frau”, in Collins English Dictionary. “Frau”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present. “Frau”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. == Alemannic German == === Alternative forms === Fràui (most of Alsatian), Fràù (Sierentz), Frài (Soultzmatt), Froi (Munster (Haut-Rhin)), Fròi (Logelheim, Colmar, Durrenentzen, Wintzenheim), Fraù (Strasbourg), Frœy (Kochersberg, Betschdorf), Fráw (Kindwiller), Frá (Wingen-sur-Moder) frou (Gressoney Walser) === Etymology === From Middle High German vrouwe, vrowe from Old High German frouwa. Cognate with German Frau, Dutch vrouw, West Frisian frou, Icelandic freyja. === Noun === Frau f (Basel) woman wife === References === Wörterbuch der elsässischen Mundarten Rudolf Suter, Baseldeutsch-Grammatik (1976) == Central Franconian == === Alternative forms === Fraa, Froo (Moselle Franconian) === Etymology === From Middle High German vrouwe. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fʀɔu̯/ === Noun === Frau f (plural Fraulöck, Fraulück, Fraulüü or Fraue, diminutive Fräuche) (chiefly Ripuarian) woman, wife == German == === Alternative forms === Fr. (abbreviation) Fraue (archaic) Frauw, Fraw, Frawe (obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle High German vrouwe, from Old High German frouwa (“mistress”), from Proto-West Germanic *frauwjā, from Proto-Germanic *frawjǭ, a feminine form of *frawjô (“lord”), giving Old English frēa (“lord, king; God, Christ; husband”), frēo (“woman”), from Proto-Indo-European *proHwo-, a derivation from *per- (“to go forward”). Cognate with Old Saxon frūa (hence Middle Low German vrouwe, Modern Low German frug), Old Norse freyja and frú (hence Icelandic frú and Norwegian frue). Further cognates include German Fron (“corvée, soccage”) and its kin. The Indo-European root is also the source of Proto-Slavic *pravъ (“right, straight, correct”), whence Old Church Slavonic правъ (pravŭ), Russian пра́вый (právyj, “right”), perhaps also Ancient Greek πρῶρα (prôra, “bow, prow”) and the first element of Latin provincia, if this is from Proto-Indo-European *prōwiōn. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fʁaʊ̯/ Rhymes: -aʊ̯ Homophone: frau === Noun === Frau f (genitive Frau, plural Frauen, diminutive Fräulein n or Frauchen n) woman (adult female human) 1762, Jacob Brucker, Die Heilige Schrift des Alten und Neuen Testaments, nebst einer vollständigen Erklärung derselben welche aus den auserlesensten Anmerkungen verschiedener Engländischen Schriftsteller zusammengetragen, und in der holländischen Sprache an das Licht gestellet, nunmehr aber in dieser deutschen Uebersetzung aufs neue durchgesehen, und mit vielen Anmerkungen und einem Vorberichte begleitet worden. Der funfzehente Theil, welcher des Neuen Testaments vierter Band ist, und die beyden Briefe Pauli an die Corinther, wie auch den an die Galater und Epheser enthält. (Leipzig), pages 257-259 and 263: wife (married woman, especially in relation to her spouse) a title of courtesy, equivalent to Mrs/Ms, which has nearly replaced Fräulein in the function of Miss madam (polite form of address for a woman or lady) lady; noblewoman (woman of breeding or higher class) ==== Declension ==== Obsolete declension ==== Synonyms ==== (adult female): Weib; Männin (nonstandard, Biblical) (wife): Angetraute, Ehefrau, Ehepartnerin, Ehegattin, Eheweib, Gattin, Gemahlin, Gespons n, Gesponsin, Weib (lady): Dame, Herrin ==== Antonyms ==== (antonym(s) of “adult female, by gender”): Mann m; (antonym(s) of “adult female, by age”): Mädchen n, Mädel n (informal) (antonym(s) of “wife”): Mann, Ehemann, Ehegatte, Gatte, Gemahl, Angetrauter/Angetraute (antonym(s) of “title”): Herr (antonym(s) of “lady”): Herr ==== Hypernyms ==== (wife): Ehepartner ==== Hyponyms ==== (woman): Quotenfrau, Vamp ==== Coordinate terms ==== (title): Fräulein ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Unserdeutsch: Frau → English: frau → Russian: фра́у (fráu) ==== See also ==== weiblich === Further reading === “Frau” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “Frau” in Duden online “Frau” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961. Friedrich Kluge (1883), “Frau”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891 “Frau” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon Frau on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de == Unserdeutsch == === Noun === Frau woman de Frau ― the woman (nominative)