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.
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
- IPA(key): /freu̯/, [fʀəʊ̯]
Audio (file)
Adjective
frou (masculine frouen, neuter frout, comparative méi frou, superlative am frousten)
Declension
declension of frou
| number and gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
From Proto-Germanic *frawjǭ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /frɔu̯/
Noun
Derived terms
Further reading
- “frou”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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