Fraa
Central Franconian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle High German vrouwe.
Pronunciation
Noun
Fraa f (plural Frahe, diminutive Frääche or Fraache)
- (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.
- Be content! When I, dear Karline,
Hunsrik
Alternative forms
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
Noun
Fraa f (plural Fraae, diminutive Fraache)
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)
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
References
- Verse und Reime eines alten Pfälzers, in pfälzischer Mundart (1864): e guti Fraa
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- Moselle Franconian
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- Hunsrik terms inherited from Middle High German
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- Pennsylvania German terms inherited from Middle High German
- Pennsylvania German terms derived from Middle High German
- Pennsylvania German terms inherited from Old High German
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- Rhine Franconian terms inherited from Middle High German
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- Palatine German