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
However, bless you, I didn’t much mind, and I reckoned it would please his vrouw at home.
From Tales of South Africa by Bryden, H.A.
Sufficient rules cannot be given, E. g. het mooie kind: eene sterke vrouw, een zwart schip.
From The Further Adventures of O'Neill in Holland by Brown, J. Irwin
Then the stout old vrouw resigned herself to a quiet flood of tears and went about her work.
From Tales of South Africa by Bryden, H.A.
“That’s so,” I answered; and now we adjourned to the house where Stoffel Pexter’s vrouw had laid out cups of scalding hot coffee and koekjes.
From A Veldt Vendetta by Mitford, Bertram
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