"frue" meaning in Danish

See frue in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /fruːə/, [ˈfʁ̥uːu], [ˈfʁ̥oːo]
Etymology: Borrowed Old Saxon frūa. 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: {{dercat|da|gmw-pro|gem-pro}}, {{der|da|osx|frūa}} Old Saxon frūa, {{cog|de|Frau||woman}} German Frau (“woman”), {{cog|nl|vrouwe||lady}} Dutch vrouwe (“lady”), {{cog|non|freyja||lady}} Old Norse freyja (“lady”), {{cog|non|frúa}} Old Norse frúa, {{cog|sv|fru}} Swedish fru Head templates: {{head|da|noun|singular definite|fruen||{{{sg-def-2}}}|||plural indefinite|fruer||{{{pl-indef-2}}}||{{{pl-indef-3}}}||{{{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: 11 81 4 5
  3. (formal or humorous) wife Tags: common-gender, formal, humorous
    Sense id: en-frue-da-noun-nVKjyOTW
  4. (historical) lady, mistress (a woman with authority) Tags: common-gender, historical
    Sense id: en-frue-da-noun-Pok85lj9

Inflected forms

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      "ipa": "[ˈfʁ̥uːu]"
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      "ipa": "[ˈfʁ̥oːo]"
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