frouwa

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *frauwjā. Cognate with Old Saxon frūa, Old English frōwe.

Noun

frouwa f

1. lady

Declension

Declension of frouwa (ō-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	frouwa	frouwā
accusative	frouwa	frouwā
genitive	frouwa	frouwōno
dative	frouwu	frouwōm

Descendants

• Middle High German: vrouwe, vrowe
  • Alemannic German: Frau

    Alsatian: Fràui, Fràù, Frài, Froi, Fròi, Fraù, Frœy, Fráw, Frá

    Walser: frou

  • Bavarian: Frau

    Cimbrian: brau

  • Central Franconian:

    Hunsrik: Fraa

  • East Central German:

    Silesian East Central German: Froo

  • German: Frau, Fr. (abbreviation); Fraue (archaic); Fraw, Frawe (obsolete)
    • Unserdeutsch: Frau
    • → English: frau
    • → Russian: фра́у (fráu)
  • Luxembourgish: Fra
  • Rhine Franconian: Fra

    Pennsylvania German: Fraa

    Palatine German: Fraa

  • Vilamovian: fraoj
  • Yiddish: פֿרוי (froy)

References

1. Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014
2. Joseph Wright, An Old High German Primer, Second Edition