Fräulein
Americannoun
plural
Fräulein,plural
Fräuleins-
an unmarried woman.
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the conventional German title of respect and term of address for an unmarried woman, corresponding to Miss.
noun
Etymology
Origin of Fräulein
from Middle High German vrouwelīn , diminutive of vrouwe lady
Example Sentences
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I’m never gonna be Mary Poppins or Fräulein Maria, she pointed out, so I needed to quit the perfectionism.
From Slate • Nov. 16, 2024
“Portrait of Fräulein Lieser,” an enigmatic, long-lost 1917 painting by Gustav Klimt, sold Wednesday for 35 million euros with fees, or about $37 million, at the auction house im Kinsky in Vienna.
From New York Times • Apr. 24, 2024
In a story arc that adds aching poignancy, Donna Migliaccio packs humor and solidity into landlady Fräulein Schneider, who is wooed by Herr Schultz, a gentle Jewish fruit merchant.
From Washington Post • Sep. 4, 2019
And it’s hard to render that much more literal than in a season among the misshapen, multi-appendaged, chicken-head-biting denizens of Fräulein Elsa’s Cabinet of Curiosities.
From Time • Oct. 8, 2014
I wonder what would make On-Duty-Female-Guard Fräulein Engel blub on the job.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
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