frou
Alemannic German
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German vrouwe, vrowe from Old High German frouwa. Cognate with German Frau, Dutch vrouwe, West Frisian frou, Icelandic freyja.
Noun
editfrou f (Gressoney)
Further reading
edit- 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
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German vrō, from Old High German frō. Cognate with German froh.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editfrou (masculine frouen, neuter frout, comparative méi frou, superlative am frousten)
Declension
editdeclension 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
editEtymology
editFrom Old Frisian frowe
Pronunciation
editNoun
editfrou c (plural froulju or frouwen, diminutive froutsje)
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “frou”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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- Gressoney Walser
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- fy:People
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