frou

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Alemannic German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle High German vrouwe, vrowe from Old High German frouwa. Cognate with German Frau, Dutch vrouwe, West Frisian frou, Icelandic freyja.

Noun

frou f (Gressoney)

  1. woman
  2. wife

Further reading

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German vrō, from Old High German frō. Cognate with German froh.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /freu̯/,
  • Audio:(file)

Adjective

frou (masculine frouen, neuter frout, comparative méi frou, superlative am frousten)

  1. happy, pleased, glad

Declension

declension of frou
number and gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative hien ass frou si ass frou et ass frou si si(nn) frou
nominative /
accusative 		attributive and/or after determiner frouen frou frout frou
independent without determiner froues frouer
dative after any declined word frouen frouer frouen frouen
as first declined word frouem frouem

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian frowe

Pronunciation

Noun

frou c (plural froulju or frouwen, diminutive froutsje)

  1. woman
    Synonym: wiif
    Coordinate term: man
  2. wife
    Synonym: wiif
    Coordinate term: man

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “frou”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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