"frue" meaning in Danish

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Noun

IPA: /fruːə/, [ˈfʁ̥uːu], [ˈfʁ̥oːo]
Etymology: 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”). Etymology templates: {{der|da|osx|frūa}} Old Saxon frūa, {{der|da|gem-pro|*frawjǭ||lady}} Proto-Germanic *frawjǭ (“lady”), {{cog|de|Frau||woman}} German Frau (“woman”), {{cog|nl|vrouwe||lady}} Dutch vrouwe (“lady”), {{m|nl|vrouw||woman}} vrouw (“woman”), {{cog|non|freyja||lady}} Old Norse freyja (“lady”), {{m|non|Freyja|pos=name of goddess}} Freyja (name of goddess), {{cog|non|frúa}} Old Norse frúa, {{cog|sv|fru}} Swedish fru, {{m|gem-pro|*frawjô||lord}} *frawjô (“lord”) Head templates: {{head|da|noun|singular definite|fruen||{{{sg-def-2}}}|||plural indefinite|fruer||{{{pl-indef-2}}}||{{{com}}}|f1accel-form=def|s|f4accel-form=indef|p|g=c|g2=|head=}} frue c (singular definite fruen, plural indefinite fruer), {{da-noun|n|r}} frue c (singular definite fruen, plural indefinite fruer) Inflection templates: {{da-decl|n|r}}, {{da-noun-infl-base|g=c|gen-pl-def=fruernes|gen-pl-def-2=|gen-pl-def-3=|gen-pl-indef=fruers|gen-pl-indef-2=|gen-sg-def=fruens|gen-sg-def-2=|gen-sg-indef=frues|gen-sg-indef-2=|gen-sg-indef-3=|pl-def=fruerne|pl-def-2=|pl-def-3=|pl-indef=fruer|pl-indef-2=|pl-indef-3=|sg-def=fruen|sg-def-2=|sg-indef=frue}} Forms: fruen [definite, singular], fruer [indefinite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], frue [indefinite, nominative, singular], fruen [definite, nominative, singular], fruer [indefinite, nominative, plural], fruerne [definite, nominative, plural], frues [genitive, indefinite, singular], fruens [definite, genitive, singular], fruers [genitive, indefinite, plural], fruernes [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. (formal, dated) lady (a married adult woman) Tags: common-gender, dated, formal
    Sense id: en-frue-da-noun--HHa4tvG
  2. (formal, dated) Mrs, ma'am (a polite address of an adult women) Tags: common-gender, dated, formal
    Sense id: en-frue-da-noun-zPAXS2Wx Categories (other): Danish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Danish entries with incorrect language header: 6 87 2 5
  3. (formal or humorous) wife Tags: common-gender
    Sense id: en-frue-da-noun-nVKjyOTW
  4. (historical) lady, mistress (a woman that rules in area) Tags: common-gender, historical
    Sense id: en-frue-da-noun-AuXA08KW

Inflected forms

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      ],
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        "(historical) lady, mistress (a woman that rules in area)"
      ],
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      "ipa": "/fruːə/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈfʁ̥uːu]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈfʁ̥oːo]"
    }
  ],
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}
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    "Danish terms derived from Old Saxon",
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    "Danish terms with IPA pronunciation"
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        "singular"
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      ]
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        "Danish formal terms"
      ],
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      ],
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        "(formal, dated) lady (a married adult woman)"
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        "common-gender"
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        "Danish terms with historical senses"
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        [
          "mistress",
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        "(historical) lady, mistress (a woman that rules in area)"
      ],
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        "common-gender",
        "historical"
      ]
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/fruːə/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈfʁ̥uːu]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈfʁ̥oːo]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "frue"
}

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