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Fraa
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Central Franconian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle High German vrouwe.
Pronunciation
Noun
Fraa f (plural Fraaleit or Frahe, diminutive Frääche or Fraache)
- (most of Moselle Franconian) woman, wife
- 1874, Peter Joseph Rottmann, Gedichte in Hunsrücker Mundart, page 4:
- Sei sefriere! wann eich brav Karline
Loorde in dem naue Lann verdiene,
Kumm eich wierer, unn Dau gist mei Fraa.- Be content! When I, dear Karline,
Am making loads in that foreign land,
I will come back and you will be my wife.
- Be content! When I, dear Karline,
Descendants
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East Central German
Etymology
From Middle High German vrouwe, vrowe, from the Old High German frouwa. Compare German Frau.
Noun
Fraa f
Further reading
- Hendrik Heidler (11 June 2020), Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch (in German), 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 44
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Hunsrik
Pennsylvania German
Rhine Franconian
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