Frau
Americannoun
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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
Opera, which commissioned Hockney sets for the operas “Tristan and Isolde” and “Die Frau Ohne Schatten.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2024
People still talk about the focused splendor he brought to another huge, hard-to-wrangle Strauss score, “Die Frau Ohne Schatten,” at the Metropolitan Opera more than 20 years ago.
From New York Times ● Mar. 6, 2023
Frau Elena’s midnight passage among the beds like an angel, murmuring, I know it’s cold.
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
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
Since the war against Russia many German soldiers have disappeared, but they have been replaced by Frauen in Uniform.
From Time Magazine Archive
But glancing away from the massive towers of Stralsund, my eye fell on the word "Frauen" on the window of the ladies' carriage.
From The Adventures of Elizabeth in Rügen by Arnim, Elizabeth von
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
G. A. J. "Nullis Fraus tuta latebris."—Can any of your correspondents favour me with a reference to the above motto?
From Notes and Queries, Number 78, April 26, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by Bell, George
Next day, I bade a tearless farewell to the Blighted Fraus.
From Miss Cayley's Adventures by Allen, Grant
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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