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Frau.

woman (adult female human)

4 characters1 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

noun/fʁaʊ̯/

  1. woman (adult female human)

    feminine

  2. wife (married woman, especially in relation to her spouse)

    feminine
    Maria ist meine Frau.

  3. a title of courtesy, equivalent to Mrs/Ms, which has nearly replaced Fräulein in the function of Miss

    feminine
    Sehr geehrte Frau Schmidt

  4. madam (polite form of address for a woman or lady)

    feminine
    Frau Bundeskanzlerin

  5. lady; noblewoman (woman of breeding or higher class)

    feminine
    Unsere Liebe Frau
    Gnädige Frau
Where this word comes from

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.

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