Fraa

See also: frå

Hunsrik

En Fraa

Alternative forms

• Fró, Froo

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

• IPA^(key): /frɔː/

Noun

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.

   • 1874, Peter Joseph Rottmann, Gedichte in Hunsrücker Mundart, p. 4:

     Sei sefriere! wann eich brav Karline / Loorde in dem naue Lann verdiene, / Kumm eich wierer, unn Dau gist mei Fraa.

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

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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)

1. woman
2. wife

Usage notes

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

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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

1. (many dialects, including Palatine) woman

References

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