Frau
Americannoun
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Frauen,
plural
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Fraus
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a married woman; a wife.
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the conventional German title of respect and term of address for a married woman, corresponding to Mrs.
noun
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Etymology
Origin of Frau
from Old High German frouwa ; related to Dutch vrouw
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Suffice to say, Frau Platter had a lot on her plate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 2026
Every detail was meticulously curated—Poltrona Frau furniture, Byredo bathroom amenities, a Lutron lighting system, and a Bang & Olufsen sound system, to name a few.
From Salon ● Feb. 22, 2025
Because Frau Waterman was evidently the first non-native woman to scale those heights, her husband decided that the peak should bear her name.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2022
We never learn Frau Blücher’s first name, but let’s assume it’s Ruth.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 28, 2021
“Not much longer now,” says Frau Elena, her palms out in front of the stove as the water refuses to boil.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
Average attendance for Germany’s top women’s league, Bundesliga Frauen, has grown by 190% in the last five years according to Euromonitor, from less than 900 in 2017 to almost 2,500 in 2022.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 24, 2023
Frauen said he was only able to participate in bidding to develop a new turbine last year because he bought materials before the war in Ukraine sent prices soaring.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 7, 2023
It’s a disappointment, says Frauen, who had hoped it would cement the area as a green energy hub.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 7, 2023
Wolfsburg, top of Germany's Frauen Bundesliga, went ahead when the hosts failed to clear Tabea Wassmuth's shot before she escaped her marker to head in from six yards following Joelle Wedemeyer's cross.
From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2022
Therefore Priscilla was put into the carriage labelled Frauen, and found herself for the first time in her life alone with what she had hitherto only heard alluded to vaguely as the public.
From The Princess Priscilla's Fortnight by Elizabeth
Then, in a triumphant manner, he concludeth all with this Exhortation to his Countrymen: Quid nos deterret? si firmiter in pede stemus, Fraus ni nos superat, nihil est quod non superemus.
From The Lives of the Most Famous English Poets (1687) by Parker, William Riley
Next day, I bade a tearless farewell to the Blighted Fraus.
From Miss Cayley's Adventures by Allen, Grant
I ate a light breakfast, eschewing the fried sausages which the Blighted Fraus pressed upon my notice, and satisfying myself with a gently-boiled egg and some toast and coffee.
From Miss Cayley's Adventures by Allen, Grant
Pia Fraus or Something Else.—I hope I am mistaken, but I think that in Germany of to-day a twofold sort of hypocrisy is set up as the duty of the moment for every one.
From Human, All-Too-Human, Part II by Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm
When I got home to the Abode of Blighted Fraus that evening, I debated seriously with myself whether or not I should accept Mr. Cyrus W. Hitchcock's mysterious invitation.
From Miss Cayley's Adventures by Allen, Grant
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