vrouwe

== Dutch == === Etymology === Older form of vrouw. === Pronunciation === === Noun === vrouwe f (plural vrouwen, diminutive vrouwtje n) (formal) noblewoman Synonyms: edelvrouw, dame (formal) esteemed woman ==== Usage notes ==== Not to be confused with vrouw (“woman”). == Middle Dutch == === Etymology === From Old Dutch frouwa === Noun === vrouwe f lady, noblewoman lady, any woman of prestige woman in general ==== Inflection ==== ==== Derived terms ==== - general: - persons: ==== Descendants ==== Dutch: vrouwe (“lady”), vrouw (“woman”)Afrikaans: vrou→ English: vrouNegerhollands: vro, vrou, frou, fru, vrow→ Virgin Islands Creole: fru (dated)→ Aukan: folow→ English: vrouw→ Sranan Tongo: frow Limburgish: Vro, vrów West Flemish: vrouwe Zealandic: vrouwe → English: frow ==== Further reading ==== “vrouwe”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000 Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “vrouwe (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I == Middle High German == === Alternative forms === vrowe, frouwe, frowe vrou, frou, vro, fro (before proper names) === Etymology === Inherited from Old High German frouwa. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈvrou̯wə/, /ˈfrou̯wə/ === Noun === vrouwe f woman, lady, madam ze vrouwen ― as wife ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== Alemannic German: Frau Alsatian: Fràui, Fràù, Frài, Froi, Fròi, Fraù, Frœy, Fráw, Frá Walser: frou Bavarian: Frau Cimbrian: brau, vrau Central Franconian: FraaHunsrik: FraaLuxembourgish: Fra East Central German: Fraa Silesian East Central German: Froo German: Frau, Fr. (abbreviation), Fraue (archaic), Frauw, Fraw, Frawe (obsolete)Unserdeutsch: Frau→ English: frau→ Russian: фра́у (fráu) Rhine Franconian: Fraa Pennsylvania German: Fraa Palatine German: Fraa Vilamovian: fraoj Yiddish: פֿרוי (froy) === References === Benecke, Georg Friedrich; Müller, Wilhelm; Zarncke, Friedrich (1863), “vrouwe”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel == Zealandic == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch vrouwe === Noun === vrouwe f (plural vrouwen) woman Synonym: wuuf wife Synonym: wuuf