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
Yet it must be confessed that the big ponderous vrouw was, in truth, almost as taken with the stranger as her own child.
From Tales of South Africa by Bryden, H.A.
"I hope he won't bring back with him a fat vrouw," says Miss Chesney.
From Airy Fairy Lilian by Margaret Wolfe Hamilton (AKA Duchess)
I must tell it to him, vrouw; what say you?”
From Tales of South Africa by Bryden, H.A.
She took heart on hearing May’s low whistle near her, for he soon guessed the hiding-place of his keen-witted vrouw, and, descending beside her, set her fears at rest.
From Jasper Lyle by Ward, Harriet
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