Fraa

fraa frå Central Franconian Alternative forms gmw-cfr Frau Ripuarian, parts of Moselle Franconian gmw-cfr Froo rare Moselle Franconian variant Etymology gmw-cfr :inh gmh:vrouwe<id:lady> woman From gmw-cfr gmh vrouwe. Pronunciation gmw-cfr /fʀaː/ Noun gmw-cfr noun f plural Fraaleit or Frahe diminutive Frääche or Fraache gmw-cfr most of _ Moselle Franconian woman, wife gmw-cfr 1874 Peter Joseph Rottmann Gedichte in Hunsrücker Mundart 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. Descendants hrx Fraa lb Fra East Central German Etymology gmw-ecg gmw-pro gem-pro ine-pro 3 From gmw-ecg gmh vrouwe, gmh vrowe, from the gmw-ecg goh frouwa. Compare de Frau. Noun gmw-ecg noun f plural1 Fraan plural2 Fraans gmw-ecg Erzgebirgisch woman gmw-ecg Erzgebirgisch wife Further reading 44 gmw-ecg People Hunsrik thumb|hrx En Fraa A woman Alternative forms hrx Froo Altenhofen hrx fraa Wiesemann Etymology hrx :inh gmw-cfr:Fraa<id:woman> woman +59 1 Cognate with de Frau, lb Fra and pdc Fraa. Pronunciation Noun f Fraae Fraache woman hrx Fraamensch 59 1 Sie is en scheene Fraa She is a pretty woman. wife 59 1 Gret is mein Fraa Gret is my wife. Miss form of address for a woman Derived terms hrx Fraaedokter Fraaleit Fraamensch References hrx People Female Female family members Marriage Titles hrx terms of address Pennsylvania German Etymology pdc gmw-pro gem-pro ine-pro 3 From pdc gmh vrouwe, gmh vrowe, from the pdc goh frouwa. Compare de Frau, nl vrouw. Noun pdc noun f plural Weiwer woman wife Usage notes The plural actually comes from the term pdc Weib, which in its singular is rarely used. Rhine Franconian Etymology gmw-rfr gmw-pro gem-pro ine-pro 3 From gmw-rfr gmh vrouwe, gmh vrowe, from the gmw-rfr goh frouwa. Compare de Frau, nl vrouw. Noun gmw-rfr noun gmw-rfr many dialects including Palatine woman References Verse und Reime eines alten Pfälzers, in pfälzischer Mundart (1864): e guti Fraa