jungfru
Swedish
editEtymology
editFrom Old Swedish iūmfrū, from Old Norse jungfrú, jumfrú from Middle Low German junkvruwe.
Pronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Noun
editjungfru c
- a young (unmarried) woman, a young lady
- jungfru Marion
- Lady Marion
- Jeanne d’Arc, även kallad Jungfrun av Orléans
- Saint Joan of Arc or The Maid of Orléans
- jungfru Marion
- a virgin
- till en jungfru som var trolovad med en man vid namn Josef, av Davids hus; och jungfruns namn var Maria.
- To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name [was] Mary. (Luke 1:27)
- hon förblev jungfru hela livet
- she remained a virgin all her life
- till en jungfru som var trolovad med en man vid namn Josef, av Davids hus; och jungfruns namn var Maria.
- a girl, a maid, a female servant
- (historical) an old measure of volume, equal to 8.2 centilitres
- Virgo (star sign)
- Short for jungfrukammare (“maid's room”).
Declension
editDeclension of jungfru
Derived terms
editSee also
editZodiac signs in Swedish (layout · text) | |||||||||||
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Väduren | Oxen | Tvillingarna | Kräftan | ||||||||
Lejonet | Jungfrun | Vågen | Skorpionen | ||||||||
Skytten | Stenbocken | Vattumannen | Fiskarna |
Further reading
edit- jungfru in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
- jungfru in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
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