Frau
German (Berlin)
/fʁaʊ̯/
noun
Definitions
- woman adult female human
- wife married woman, especially in relation to her spouse
- Mrs/Ms, which has nearly replaced Fräulein in the function of Miss
- madam
- lady; noblewoman woman of breeding or higher class
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German vrouwe inherited from Old High German frouwa (lady) inherited from Proto-Germanic *frawjǭ (lady, mistress) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *proHwo- (master, judge, right judge).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*proHwo-
Gloss
master, judge, right judge
Concept
Semantic Field
Social and political relations
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
主
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Hausfrau English
- Jungfrau English
- Liebfraumilch English
- frau English
- fraulein English
- frow English
- house frau English
- -en- German
- Alibi German
- Alibifrau German
- Ampel German
- Ampelfrau German
- Arzt German
- Buhfrau German
- Ehe German
- Ehefrau German
- Ehefrauchen German
- Ersatz German
- Ersatzfrau German
- Ex German
- Exfrau German
- Feuerwehr German
- Feuerwehrfrau German
- Frauchen German
- Frauenarzt German
- Frauenfuß German
- Frauenhaus German
- Frauenmörder German
- Frauenstimme German
- Frauenversammlung German
- Frauenversteher German
- Frauenzimmer German
- Frauenärztin German
- Fräulein German
- Fuß German
- Geschäft German
- Geschäftsfrau German
- Haus German
- Hausfrau German
- Jungfrau German
- Jungfrauengeburt German
- Jungfrauschaft German
- Liebfrauenmilch German
- Meerjungfrau German
- Milch German
- Mörder German
- Müll German
- Müllfrau German
- Putzfrau German
- Sauberfrau German
- Stimme German
- Tag German
- Traum German
- Traumfrau German
- Trümmer German
- Trümmerfrau German
- Versammlung German
- Versteher German
- Welt German
- Weltfrauentag German
- Zimmer German
- Zimmerfrau German
- Zweitfrau German
- buh German
- fraulich German
- jung German
- jungfräulich German
- lieb German
- putzen German
- sauber German
- zweit German
- неправый Russian
- пра́вый Russian
- править Russian
- правописание Russian
- праворукий Russian
- православие Russian
- правый Russian
- фрау Russian
- фройляйн Russian
- *proHwo- Proto-Indo-European
- *prōw- Proto-Indo-European
- *frawjô Proto-Germanic
- *frawjǭ Proto-Germanic
- prawy Polish
- agendfrea Old English
- frēa Old English
- liffrea Old English
- Freyja Old Norse
- freyja Old Norse
- frouva Old Norse
- frú Old Norse
- frue Danish
- frøken Danish
- havfrue Danish
- morgenfrue Danish
- *pravъ Proto-Slavic
- frajle Czech
- pravý Czech
- fraŭlo Esperanto
- frajla Serbo-Croatian
- prav Serbo-Croatian
- прав Serbo-Croatian
- vrouwe Middle Dutch
- frouwa Old High German
- frøkun Faroese
- прав Bulgarian
- frouwenhūs Middle High German
- juncfrouwe Middle High German
- vrouwe Middle High German
- vrouwelīn Middle High German
- vrouwenzimmer Middle High German
- Fra Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- Jongfra Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *frōwa Old Dutch
- frouwa Old Dutch
- vrouweken Middle Low German
- vrûwe Middle Low German
- brau Cimbrian
- bròille Cimbrian
- правий Ukrainian
- frua Old Saxon
- frūa Old Saxon
- pravý Slovak
- Frau Alemannic German
- Fràui Alemannic German
- Huusfrau Alemannic German
- frou Alemannic German
- правы Belarusian
- правость Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- правъ Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- pšawy Lower Sorbian
- Fraa Pennsylvania German
- Fraa Hunsrik
- fraoj Vilamovian
- Fru Plautdietsch
- Fraa Rhine Franconian
- Froo East Central German
- Ex
- Tag
- buh
- Ehe
- Fuß
- Haus
- -en-
- Arzt
- Müll
- lieb
- Welt
- jung
- Traum
- Milch
- Ampel
- zweit
- Alibi
- Zimmer
- sauber
- Ersatz
- Mörder
- Stimme
- Exfrau
- putzen
- Ehefrau
- Trümmer
- Buhfrau
- Jungfrau
- Hausfrau
- Putzfrau
- fraulich
- Frauchen
- Müllfrau
- Fräulein
- Geschäft
- Ampelfrau
- Traumfrau
- Versteher
- Frauenfuß
- Zweitfrau
- Alibifrau
- Feuerwehr
- Sauberfrau
- Frauenhaus
- Zimmerfrau
- Frauenarzt
- Ersatzfrau
- Ehefrauchen
- Trümmerfrau
- Versammlung
- Meerjungfrau
- Frauenstimme
- Frauenmörder
- Frauenärztin
- jungfräulich
- Frauenzimmer
- Geschäftsfrau
- Feuerwehrfrau
- Weltfrauentag
- Jungfrauschaft
- Frauenversteher
- Liebfrauenmilch
- Jungfrauengeburt
- Frauenversammlung