fraulein

See also: Fraulein, fräulein, and Fräulein

English

Alternative forms

• Fraulein
• Fräulein, fräulein
• Fraeulein, fraeulein

Etymology

Borrowed from German Fräulein.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɹɔɪlaɪn/, /fɹaʊliːn/
• Rhymes: -aɪn, -iːn

Noun

fraulein (plural frauleins)

1. A young German woman.
   • 2007 May 20, “A Coastline Smorgasbord”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Waiters are in button-downs, and waitresses wear full-on fraulein garb.

Translations

a young German woman, a form of address

• German: Fräulein (de) n
• Russian: фро́йляйн (ru) f (frójljajn)

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