frue
See also: früe
Danish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed Old Saxon frūa, from Proto-Germanic *frawjǭ (“lady”), cognate with German Frau (“woman”), Dutch vrouwe (“lady”), vrouw (“woman”), Old Norse freyja (“lady”), Freyja (name of goddess) (late Old Norse frúa and Swedish fru are also borrowed from Old Saxon). A feminine form of *frawjô (“lord”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
frue c (singular definite fruen, plural indefinite fruer)
- (formal, dated) lady (a married adult woman)
- (formal, dated) Mrs, ma'am (a polite address of an adult women)
- with a name always in the short form fru
- (formal or humorous) wife
- (historical) lady, mistress (a woman that rules in area)
Declension edit
Declension of frue
References edit
- “frue” in Den Danske Ordbog
- frue on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
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Adverb edit
frue
- early
- 1997, Henrik Ibsen, translated by Odd Tangerud, John Gabriel Borkman[1]:
- Ŝi skribas, ke morgaŭ frue ili forvojaĝos.
- She writes that early tomorrow they will leave.
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frue
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse frú, frúa and frúva.
Noun edit
frue f or m (definite singular frua or fruen, indefinite plural fruer, definite plural fruene)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
References edit
- “frue” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse frú, frúa and frúva.
Noun edit
frue f (definite singular frua, indefinite plural fruer, definite plural fruene)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
References edit
- “frue” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.