frue
See also: früe
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed Old Saxon frūa, from Proto-Germanic *frawjǭ (“lady”), cognate with German Frau (“woman”), Dutch vrouwe (“lady”), vrouw (“woman”), Old Norse freyja (“lady”), Freyja (name of goddess) (late Old Norse frúa and Swedish fru are also borrowed from Old Saxon). A feminine form of *frawjô (“lord”).
Pronunciation
Noun
frue c (singular definite fruen, plural indefinite fruer)
- (formal, dated) lady (a married adult woman)
- (formal, dated) Mrs, ma'am (a polite address of an adult women)
- with a name always in the short form fru
- (formal or humorous) wife
- (historical) lady, mistress (a woman that rules in area)
Inflection
Declension of frue
References
- “frue” in Den Danske Ordbog
- frue on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
Esperanto
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Adverb
frue
- early
- 1997, Henrik Ibsen, trans. Odd Tangerud John Gabriel Borkman, [1]
- Ŝi skribas, ke morgaŭ frue ili forvojaĝos.
- She writes that early tomorrow they will leave.
- Ŝi skribas, ke morgaŭ frue ili forvojaĝos.
- 1997, Henrik Ibsen, trans. Odd Tangerud John Gabriel Borkman, [1]
Antonyms
Ido
Adverb
frue
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse frú, frúa and frúva.
Noun
frue f or m (definite singular frua or fruen, indefinite plural fruer, definite plural fruene)
Derived terms
Related terms
References
- “frue” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse frú, frúa and frúva.
Noun
frue f (definite singular frua, indefinite plural fruer, definite plural fruene)
Derived terms
Related terms
References
- “frue” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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