vrouw

American  

[vrou, vrou] / vraʊ, vraʊ /

noun

Dutch.

• vrouwen,
  plural
• vrouws
  plural

1. a woman; wife; lady.

2. (used as a title before the name of a married woman) Mrs.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• vrouwen
  plural
• vrouws
  plural

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

vrouw vrouwen vrouws

At one point in the video, referencing a common segment on her channel, de Jager announced that her "Dutch Word of the Day" was vrouw - meaning woman.

From BBC ● Jan. 14, 2020

These are the numerous children of Philip Pietersen Schuyler, who came over in 1650, and of his fair vrouw Margritta van Slichtenhorst.

From The Life and Times of Kateri Tekakwitha The Lily of the Mohawks by Ellen H. Walworth

Then she and the Ou’ Baas had words, and she cleared out Ja, she was a kwaai vrouw.

From Aletta A Tale of the Boer Invasion by Bertram Mitford

The vrouw, who was on the wagon close by, hearing some dreadful cries for help, snatched up a gun and ran down.

From Tales of South Africa by H.A. Bryden

Stout Cornelis Van Vuuren and his good vrouw, too, have lain for some years in their quiet graves.

From Tales of South Africa by H.A. Bryden

Dō brāhte man die vrouwen     dā si in ligen vant. si huop sīn schœne houbet     mit ir vil wīȥen hant; dō kuste s’ alsō tōten     den edelen ritter guot.

From A Middle High German Primer Third Edition by Joseph Wright

On the other hand, the vrouws often engaged in trade, and so set the example for the business woman of to-day, and in such matters their energy and perseverance were commendable.

From Women of America Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 10 (of 10) by John Rouse Larus

We are told of these good vrouws that they were up with the crow of the cock, took their first meal at dawn, and ate their dinner at the stroke of noon.

From Women of America Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 10 (of 10) by John Rouse Larus

She told, too, how she had signed a petition and presented 354 it to the councillors, begging that the good vrouws be permitted to hold a market day.

From Blue Robin, the Girl Pioneer by Rena I. Halsey

But dough de men wore silber gear,     Und de vrouws in gold were tall, De gals vere gabblin all de dimes,     Und de men said noding at all.

From The Breitmann Ballads by Charles Godfrey Leland

They would have been dressed, I am sure, in the full dress of Holland vrouws.

From Two Centuries of Costume in America, Volume 1 (1620-1820) by Alice Morse Earle