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German
Etymology
From Freude (“joy”) + -n- + Mädchen (“girl; maiden”). A calque of French fille de joie (“joy girl”). Cognate to English daughter of joy.
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: Freu‧den‧mäd‧chen
Noun
Freudenmädchen n (strong, genitive Freudenmädchens, plural Freudenmädchen)
- (dated) prostitute
1899, Hermann Hesse, Eine Stunde hinter Mitternacht [An Hour after Midnight]:Neben den anpreisenden Rufen der Verkäufer waren die von lautem Gelächter begleiteten Spässe der Hanswurste zu hören, die Bettelreden sitzender Krüppel und umhergestossener Einarmiger oder geführter Blinder, die ermahnenden, aber wohlwollenden Stimmen anwesender Ratsherren, und das gelle Spassen und jache Lachen der Freudenmädchen.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Declension of Freudenmädchen
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