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Frauen

Frauen is the plural of Frau.

Meaning of Frau

Noun

Frau (plural Frauen or Fraus)

  1. (slightly dated) Used as a courtesy title before the surname of a (typically married) German-speaking woman.
    • G. von Hoffmann’s Die Ochsenmenuette offered Frau von Berckel as Therese, Scherer as Istock, Lotti as Eduard, and Frauen Schmidt and Esden, and Graff, Lehmann and Kress in minor rôles.1970, George C[linton] D[ensmore] Odell, Annals of the New York Stage, New York, N.Y.: AMS Press, page 169
    Synonyms:
    Fr.

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Origin of Frauen

Borrowed from German Frauen.

Questions about Frauen

What is Frauen the plural of?
Frauen is the plural of Frau.

Words near Frauen in the dictionary

  1. fraudulent
  2. fraudulently
  3. fraudulentness
  4. fraudumentaries
  5. fraudumentary
  6. Frauen
  7. Frauendorff
  8. Frauenfeld
  9. Frauenhofer's line
  10. Frauenhofer's lines
  11. fraughan

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