Fràui

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Alemannic German[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

  • Frau (Basel)
  • Alsatian:
    • Fràù (Sierentz [Sierenz])
    • Frài (Soultzmatt [Sulzmatt])
    • Froi (Munster (Haut-Rhin))
    • Fròi (Logelheim [Logelnheim], Colmar, Durrenentzen [Dürrenenzen], Wintzenheim [Winzenheim])
    • Fraù (Strasbourg [Straßburg])
    • Frœy (Kochersberg, Zornthal, Betschdorf)
    • Fráw (Kindwiller)
    • Frá (Wingen-sur-Moder)
  • frou (Gressoney Walser)

Etymology[edit]

From Middle High German vrouwe, vrowe from Old High German frouwa, from Proto-Germanic *frawjǭ, a feminine form of *frawjô (“lord”) Proto-Indo-European *prōw- (“master, judge”). Cognate with German Frau, Dutch vrouwe, West Frisian frou, Icelandic freyja.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /fʁɔi/
  • Audio(file)

Noun[edit]

Fràui f

  1. (Alsatian) woman
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