Fraa

See also: fraa and frå

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

• Frau (Ripuarian, parts of Moselle Franconian)
• Froo (rare Moselle Franconian variant)

Etymology

From Middle High German vrouwe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fʀaː/

Noun

Fraa f (plural Frahe, diminutive Frääche or Fraache)

1. (most of Moselle Franconian) woman, wife
   • 1874, Peter Joseph Rottmann, Gedichte in Hunsrücker Mundart, page 4:

     Sei sefriere! wann eich brav Karline
     Loorde in dem naue Lann verdiene,
     Kumm eich wierer, unn Dau gist mei Fraa.

     Be content! When I, dear Karline,
     Am making loads in that foreign land,
     I will come back and you will be my wife.

East Central German

Etymology

Compare German Frau.

Noun

Fraa f

1. (Erzgebirgisch) woman
2. (Erzgebirgisch) wife

Further reading

• 2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch‎^[1], 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 44:

Hunsrik

En Fraa

Alternative forms

• Fró, Froo

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

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

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