vrouw
Americannoun
plural
vrouwen,plural
vrouws-
a woman; wife; lady.
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(used as a title before the name of a married woman) Mrs.
Example Sentences
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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
“No, no,” briskly responded Cornelis, with a sly look towards the room where the vrouw still sat.
From Tales of South Africa by Bryden, H.A.
Do you mean a ‘lady’ or some bywoner vrouw, come for a summons against somebody?”
From The White Hand and the Black A Story of the Natal Rising by Mitford, Bertram
The vrouw sat down heavily on her waggon chair, with an air of gloomy resignation.
From From Veldt Camp Fires by Bryden, H.A.
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 Mitford, Bertram
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