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DANISH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

frue.

lady (a married adult woman)

4 characters1 syllables approx.Dansk language

Meaning & usage

noun/fruːə/[ˈfʁ̥uːu][ˈfʁ̥oːo]
  1. lady (a married adult woman)

    common-gender · dated · formal
  2. Mrs, ma'am (a polite address of an adult women)

    common-gender · dated · formal
  3. wife

    common-gender · formal · humorous
  4. lady, mistress (a woman with authority)

    common-gender · historical
Where this word comes from

From Old Saxon frūa Cognate with German Frau (“woman”), Dutch vrouwe (“lady”), vrouw (“woman”), Old Norse freyja (“lady”), Freyja (name of goddess) (late Old Norse frúa and Swedish fru are also borrowed from Old Saxon). A feminine form of *frawjô (“lord”).

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