frou

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

• Frau (Basel)
• Fràui (Alsatian)
  • Fràù (Sierentz)
  • Frài (Soultzmatt)
  • Froi (Munster (Haut-Rhin))
  • Fròi (Logelheim, Colmar, Durrenentzen, Wintzenheim)
  • Fraù (Strasbourg)
  • Frœy (Kochersberg, Betschdorf)
  • Fráw (Kindwiller)
  • Frá (Wingen-sur-Moder)

Etymology

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.

Noun

frou f (Gressoney)

1. woman
2. wife

Further reading

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German frō. Cognate with German froh.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /freu̯/, [fʀəʊ̯]

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Adjective

frou (masculine frouen, neuter frout, comparative méi frou, superlative am frousten)

1. happy, pleased, glad

Declension

declension of frou

number and gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		hien ass frou	si ass frou	et ass frou	si si(nn) frou
nominative / accusative	attributive and/or after determiner	frouen	frou	frout	frou
	independent without determiner			froues	frouer
dative	after any declined word	frouen	frouer	frouen	frouen
	as first declined word	frouem		frouem

West Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *frawjǭ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /frɔu̯/

Noun

frou c (plural froulju or frouwen, diminutive froutsje)

1. woman

   Synonym: wiif

   Coordinate term: man

2. wife

   Synonym: wiif

   Coordinate term: man

Derived terms

• mefrou

Further reading

• “frou”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011