frou

Alemannic German

Alternative forms
  • Frau (Basel)
  • Fràui (Alsatian)
    • Fràù (Sierentz)
    • Frài (Soultzmatt)
    • Froi (Munster (Haut-Rhin))
    • Fròi (Logelheim, Colmar, Durrenentzen, Wintzenheim)
    • Fraù (Strasbourg)
    • Frœy (Kochersberg, Betschdorf)
    • Fráw (Kindwiller)
    • Frá (Wingen-sur-Moder)

Etymology

From Middle High German vrouwe, vrowe from Old High German frouwa, from Proto-Germanic *frawjǭ, a feminine form of *frawjô (“lord”) Proto-Indo-European *prōw- (“master, judge”). Cognate with German Frau, Dutch vrouwe, West Frisian frou, Icelandic freyja.

Noun

frou f (Gressoney)

  1. woman
  2. wife

Further reading
  • “frou” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German frō. Cognate with German froh.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fʀeu̯/, [fʀəʊ̯]
  • 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
without article nominative/accusative frouen frou frout frou
dative frouem frouer frouem frouen
with article nominative/accusative frouen frou frout frou
dative frouen frouer frouen frouen

West Frisian

Etymology

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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