jungfru

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse jungfrú, jumfrú from Middle Low German junkvruwe.

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

jungfru c

  1. a young (unmarried) woman, a young lady
    jungfru Marion
    Lady Marion
    Jeanne d’Arc, även kallad Jungfrun av Orléans
    Saint Joan of Arc or The Maid of Orléans
  2. a virgin
    till en jungfru som var trolovad med en man vid namn Josef, av Davids hus; och jungfruns namn var Maria.
    To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name [was] Mary. (Luke 1:27)
    hon förblev jungfru hela livet
    she remained a virgin all her life
  3. a girl, a maid, a female servant
  4. (historical) an old measure of volume, equal to 8.2 centilitres

Declension

Declension of jungfru 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative jungfru jungfrun jungfruar jungfruarna
Genitive jungfrus jungfruns jungfruars jungfruarnas
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