fruntimmer

== Swedish == === Etymology === From Middle Low German vrouwentimmer from vrouwe + -n- + timmer. Cognate with Danish fruentimmer, Norwegian Bokmål fruentimmer, Norwegian Nynorsk fruentimmer, German Frauenzimmer and Dutch vrouwenzimmer. === Noun === fruntimmer n (dated, colloquial, somewhat derogatory or jocular) a woman, a lady ==== Usage notes ==== A now rustic and (sometimes cheekily) somewhat derogatory word for a woman. ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== fruntimmerskarl === References === “fruntimmer”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “fruntimmer”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “fruntimmer”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) fruntimmer in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)