Ehrenfrau

German

Etymology

From Ehre (“honour”) +‎ -n- +‎ Frau (“woman”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈeːʁənˌfʁaʊ̯]
Audio (file)
Hyphenation: Eh‧ren‧frau

Noun

Ehrenfrau f (genitive Ehrenfrau, plural Ehrenfrauen)

(slang) A woman who is characterised by an honourable attitude and conduct and whose word can be relied on

Declension

Declension of Ehrenfrau [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Ehrenfrau	die	Ehrenfrauen
genitive	einer	der	Ehrenfrau	der	Ehrenfrauen
dative	einer	der	Ehrenfrau	den	Ehrenfrauen
accusative	eine	die	Ehrenfrau	die	Ehrenfrauen

See also

Ehrenmann

Further reading

“Ehrenfrau”, in Online-Wortschatz-Informationssystem Deutsch (in German), Mannheim: Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache, 2008–
“Ehrenfrau” in Duden online
“Ehrenfrau” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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