Fraa

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See also: fraa and frå

Central Franconian

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Alternative forms

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

Etymology

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From Middle High German vrouwe.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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Fraa f (plural Fraaleit or 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

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Etymology

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From Middle High German vrouwe, vrowe, from the Old High German frouwa. Compare German Frau.

Noun

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Fraa f

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

Further reading

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  • 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

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En Fraa

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle High German vrouwe, vrowe, from the Old High German frouwa.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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.

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Pennsylvania German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German vrouwe, vrowe, from the Old High German frouwa. Compare German Frau, Dutch vrouw.

Noun

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Fraa f (plural Weiwer)

  1. woman
  2. wife

Usage notes

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  • The plural actually comes from the term Weib, which in its singular is rarely used.

Rhine Franconian

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Etymology

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From Middle High German vrouwe, vrowe, from the Old High German frouwa. Compare German Frau, Dutch vrouw.

Noun

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Fraa

  1. (many dialects, including Palatine) woman

References

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  • Verse und Reime eines alten Pfälzers, in pfälzischer Mundart (1864): e guti Fraa