Fraa

See also: frå

Hunsrik

En Fraa

Etymology

From Middle High German vrouwe, vrowe, from the Old High German frouwa, from Proto-Germanic *frawjǭ, a feminine form of *frawjô (lord) (Old English frēa, frēo), from Proto-Indo-European *proHwo- (master, judge). Compare German Frau, Dutch vrouw.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /frɔː/

Noun

Fraa f (plural Fraae, diminutive Fraache)

  1. woman
    Sie is en scheene Fraa.
    She is a pretty woman.
  2. wife
    Gret is mein Fraa.
    Gret is my wife.

Further reading


Pennsylvania German

Etymology

From Middle High German vrouwe, vrowe, from the Old High German frouwa, from Proto-Germanic *frawjǭ, a feminine form of *frawjô (lord) (Old English frēa, frēo), from Proto-Indo-European *proHwo- (master, judge). Compare German Frau, Dutch vrouw.

Noun

Fraa f (plural Weiwer)

  1. woman
  2. wife

Usage notes

  • The plural actually comes from the term Weib, which in its singular is rarely used.

Rhine Franconian

Etymology

From Middle High German vrouwe, vrowe, from the Old High German frouwa, from Proto-Germanic *frawjǭ, a feminine form of *frawjô (lord) (Old English frēa, frēo), from Proto-Indo-European *proHwo- (master, judge). Compare German Frau, Dutch vrouw.

Noun

Fraa

  1. (many dialects, including Palatine) woman

References

  • Verse und Reime eines alten Pfälzers, in pfälzischer Mundart (1864): e guti Fraa
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