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Frau

American  
[frou, frou] / fraʊ, fraʊ /

noun

German.

plural

Frauen,

plural

Fraus

  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 British  
/ fraʊ /

noun

  1. a married German woman: usually used as a title equivalent to Mrs and sometimes extended to older unmarried women

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Etymology

Origin of Frau

from Old High German frouwa ; related to Dutch vrouw

Example Sentences

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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

My mother’s family came from Breslau, and she had grown up speaking German, so she insisted I do too, hiring a strict governess named Frau Schmidt to look after me.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman

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