Frau

Meaning

1. (feminine) woman (adult female human)
2. (feminine) wife (married woman, especially in relation to her spouse)
3. (feminine) a title of courtesy, equivalent to Mrs/Ms, which has nearly replaced Fräulein in the function of Miss
4. (feminine) madam (polite form of address for a woman or lady)
5. (feminine) lady; noblewoman (woman of breeding or higher class)

Concepts

woman

👩

wife

👰‍♀️

lady

spouse

madam

girl

👧

female

♀️

Mrs.

Ms

Mrs

women

mistress

signora

mrs

consort

femme

maid

dame

lover

❤️

husband

🤵

Lady

bride

Miss

friend

Frau

wench

womankind

young woman

damoiselle

female spouse

MS

woman writer

Ms.

huge breasts

eldest daughter

consort of the emperor

grown woman

adult female

damosel

wifey

kicky-wicky

little woman

Syeda

Missus

Srimati

rebbetzin

marm

woman

👩

Dama

woman

👩

Synonyms

Gemahlin

Ehefrau

👰‍♀️

Gattin

👰‍♀️

Weib

👩

Dame

Frauenzimmer

Ehegattin

Herrin

Fräulein

Weibsperson

👩

Mädchen

👧

Tante

Alte

Eheweib

👰‍♀️

Ehepartnerin

Weibsbild

👩

Braut

bessere Hälfte

schöne Geschlecht

weibliche Person

Schachtel

Tussi

Freundin

Gatte

weibliches Geschlecht

Gebieterin

weiblicher Mensch

Ehepartner

Ehegespons

Fr.

Meisterin

Mann

👨

Ehemann

🤵

Madam

verheiratete Frau

riesige Brüste

mit großen Brüsten

Tränen einer

weibliches Wesen

weibliche Geschlecht

frisch Vermählte

Madame Mesdames

Olle

Alsche

Schabo

Ische

Chinne

Schickse

Geue

Töle

🐕

Translations

femme

👩

mujer

👩

vrouw

👩

mulher

👩

donna

👩

γυναίκα

dona

👩

mulier

👩

moglie

👰‍♀️

esposa

👰‍♀️

kadın

👩

femina

👩

signora

echtgenote

👰‍♀️

Dialects

Zürich

frau

Basel-Landschaft

frau

Basel-Landschaft

boone

Basel-Landschaft

hutte

Aargau

tschättere

Basel-Landschaft

stigg

Lucerne

frau

Lucerne

frou

St. Gallen

frou

Basel-Landschaft

schiff

Basel-Landschaft

bettfläsche

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/fʁaʊ̯/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: vrouwe

Inherited from Old High German: frouwa

Cognate with Old English: frēa

Cognate with Old Saxon: frūa

Cognate with Middle Low German: vrouwe

Cognate with Low German: frug

Cognate with Old Norse: freyja

Cognate with Icelandic: frú

Cognate with Norwegian: frue

Cognate with German: Fron

Cognate with Church Slavic: правъ

Cognate with Russian: пра́вый

Cognate with Ancient Greek: πρῶρα

Cognate with Latin: provincia

In summary

From Middle High German vrouwe, from Old High German frouwa (“mistress”), from Proto-West Germanic *frauwjā, from Proto-Germanic *frawjǭ, a feminine form of *frawjô (“lord”), giving Old English frēa (“lord, king; God, Christ; husband”), frēo (“woman”), from Proto-Indo-European *proHwo-, a derivation from *per- (“to go forward”).
Cognate with Old Saxon frūa (hence Middle Low German vrouwe, Modern Low German frug), Old Norse freyja and frú (hence Icelandic frú and Norwegian frue). Further cognates include German Fron (“corvée, soccage”) and its kin. The Indo-European root is also the source of Proto-Slavic *pravъ (“right, straight, correct”), whence Old Church Slavonic правъ (pravŭ), Russian пра́вый (právyj, “right”), perhaps also Ancient Greek πρῶρα (prôra, “bow, prow”) and the first element of Latin provincia, if this is from Proto-Indo-European *prōwiōn.

Sentences

Es ist das erste Theater in London , das nach einer Frau benannt wurde .

It is the first theatre in London to be named after a woman.

Erstens: Gibt es eine Frau , die einen Namen hat ?

First, is there a woman who has a name?

Mit seiner Frau Erna hatte er zwei Töchter .

He had two daughters with his wife Erna.

Richard Hoyt lebt mit Frau und Tochter auf den Philippinen .

Richard Hoyt lives in the Philippines with his wife and daughter.

Er wurde von der Frau eines britischen "Divisional Commissioner" aufgezogen .

He was raised by the wife of a British "Divisional Commissioner".

Trotz ihrer Müdigkeit versucht Frau Hinze, interessiert zu klingen .

Despite her fatigue, Ms. Hinze tries to sound interested.