Fraa

From Middle High German vrouwe, vrowe, from the Old High German frouwa, from Proto-Germanic *frawjǭ, a feminine form of *frawjô (“lord”) (Old English frēa, frēo), from Proto-Indo-European *proHwo- (“master, judge”). Compare German Frau, Dutch vrouw.

• IPA^(key): /frɔː/

Fraa f (plural Fraae, diminutive Fraache)

1. woman

   Sie is en scheene Fraa.

   She is a pretty woman.

2. wife

   Gret is mein Fraa.

   Gret is my wife.

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

From Middle High German vrouwe, vrowe, from the Old High German frouwa, from Proto-Germanic *frawjǭ, a feminine form of *frawjô (“lord”) (Old English frēa, frēo), from Proto-Indo-European *proHwo- (“master, judge”). Compare German Frau, Dutch vrouw.

Fraa f (plural Weiwer)

1. woman
2. wife

• The plural actually comes from the term Weib, which in its singular is rarely used.

From Middle High German vrouwe, vrowe, from the Old High German frouwa, from Proto-Germanic *frawjǭ, a feminine form of *frawjô (“lord”) (Old English frēa, frēo), from Proto-Indo-European *proHwo- (“master, judge”). Compare German Frau, Dutch vrouw.

Fraa

1. (many dialects, including Palatine) woman

• Verse und Reime eines alten Pfälzers, in pfälzischer Mundart (1864): e guti Fraa