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Fräulein

American

[froi-lahyn, froi-lahyn, fraw-, frou-] / ˈfrɔɪ laɪn, ˈfrɔɪ laɪn, ˈfrɔ-, ˈfraʊ- /

noun

German.

plural

Fräulein,

plural

Fräuleins

an unmarried woman.
the conventional German title of respect and term of address for an unmarried woman, corresponding to Miss.

Fräulein British

/ ˈfrɔylain, ˈfraʊ-, ˈfrɔːlaɪn /

noun

Frl. an unmarried German woman: formerly used as a title equivalent to Miss

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Etymology

Origin of Fräulein

from Middle High German vrouwelīn , diminutive of vrouwe lady

Example Sentences

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“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

There was a young Fräulein, a cutie, Who met a young prince from Djibouti.

From Washington Post • May 17, 2018

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

Fräulein Aussem, wearing an eyeshade and a pre occupied air, looked a little like Mrs. Helen Wills Moody.

From Time Magazine Archive

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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