frou
Alemannic German
Alternative forms
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)
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
Adjective
frou (masculine frouen, neuter frout, comparative méi frou, superlative am frousten)
Declension
declension of frou
number and gender | singular | plural | |||
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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
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Noun
frou c (plural froulju or frouwen, diminutive froutsje)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “frou”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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- fy:People
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