frue

See also: früe

Danish

Etymology

From Old Saxon frūa.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fruːə/, [ˈfʁ̥uːə]

Noun

frue c (singular definite fruen, plural indefinite fruer)

  1. wife
  2. lady
  3. mistress
  4. madam, ma'am (polite term of address to a woman)

Inflection
Declension of frue
common
gender		 Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative frue fruen fruer fruerne
genitive frues fruens fruers fruernes

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Adverb

frue

  1. early
    • 1997, Henrik Ibsen, trans. Odd Tangerud John Gabriel Borkman,
      Ŝi skribas, ke morgaŭ frue ili forvojaĝos.
      She writes that early tomorrow they will leave.

Antonyms

Ido

Adverb

frue

  1. early

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse frú, frúa and frúva.

Noun

frue f or m (definite singular frua or fruen, indefinite plural fruer, definite plural fruene)

  1. housewife, mistress (of the house)
  2. madam, Mrs
  3. wife

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse frú, frúa and frúva.

Noun

frue f (definite singular frua, indefinite plural fruer, definite plural fruene)

  1. housewife, mistress (of the house)
  2. madam, Mrs
  3. wife

Derived terms

References
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