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Frau

Frau

22 7.1
A title used before a German adult woman's surname to show respect
  • noun
  • /fraʊ/
: señora
  • - I am not intimidated, Frau Alexander.
  • Frau von der Horst

And it's it's being dismissed by Frau Lodiger, who is a member of the these, you know, Prokian, the rhetoricians, right?

Examples

Synonyms

madame
vsFrau
  • Formal
265 4.7

A polite title people use for a woman in French, like Mrs

is used specifically in German contexts as the equivalent polite form

Surface Forms

Frau singular
Frauen plural

Etymology

Frau comes from an old German word frouwa, which meant 'lady' or 'mistress'. It is used in German today like the English titles 'Mrs.' or 'Ms.', so you put Frau before a woman's name as a polite form.