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Frau

[ frou; English frou ]

noun

, German.
, plural Frau·en [frou, -, uh, n], English Fraus [frouz].
  1. a married woman; a wife.
  2. the conventional German title of respect and term of address for a married woman, corresponding to Mrs.


Frau

/ fraʊ /

noun

  1. a married German woman: usually used as a title equivalent to Mrs and sometimes extended to older unmarried women
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Frau1

from Old High German frouwa ; related to Dutch vrouw
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Example Sentences

There was Feldmarschall von Hindenburg, the greatest German hero of World War I, and beside him Frau von Hindenburg, his wife.

The beer frau returns quickly, carrying up to a dozen giant glass steins at a time.

I think the whole secret of Frau Rappoldi's want of success was that she did not look pretty.

Frau S. admitted that was true, but at the same time suggested it would be well for him to remember we were not all deaf.

This time Frau von Meck asked for an original work for violin and pianoforte, and proposed a very extravagant fee in return.

Old Frau Hazzim died there in peace, blessing the name of the friend of Israel.

The socks we made out of a shirt which came from the clothes-line of some haus-frau.

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