frue
See also: früe
Danish
editEtymology
editCognate with German Frau (“woman”), Dutch vrouwe (“lady”), vrouw (“woman”), Old Norse freyja (“lady”), Freyja (name of goddess) (late Old Norse frúa and Swedish fru are also borrowed from Old Saxon). A feminine form of *frawjô (“lord”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editfrue c (singular definite fruen, plural indefinite fruer)
- (formal, dated) lady (a married adult woman)
- (formal, dated) Mrs, ma'am (a polite address of an adult women)
- with a name always in the short form fru
- (formal or humorous) wife
- (historical) lady, mistress (a woman that rules in area)
Declension
editDeclension of frue
References
edit- “frue” in Den Danske Ordbog
- frue on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
Esperanto
editPronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Adverb
editfrue
- early
- 1997, Henrik Ibsen, translated by Odd Tangerud, John Gabriel Borkman[1]:
- Ŝi skribas, ke morgaŭ frue ili forvojaĝos.
- She writes that early tomorrow they will leave.
Antonyms
editIdo
editAdverb
editfrue
Norwegian Bokmål
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse frú, frúa and frúva.
Noun
editfrue f or m (definite singular frua or fruen, indefinite plural fruer, definite plural fruene)
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editReferences
edit- “frue” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse frú, frúa and frúva.
Noun
editfrue f (definite singular frua, indefinite plural fruer, definite plural fruene)
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editReferences
edit- “frue” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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