Frau
Substantivin Dialogen belegt
Used as a courtesy title before the surname of a (typically married) German-speaking woman.
Substantiv
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Used as a courtesy title before the surname of a (typically married) German-speaking woman.
G. von Hoffmann’s Die Ochsenmenuette offered Frau von Berckel as Therese, Scherer as Istock, Lotti as Eduard, and Frauen Schmidt and Esden, and Graff, Lehmann and Kress in minor rôles.
His gifts as an impassioned speaker had brought him to the notice of some wealthy society ladies (Frauen Bechstein, Hofmann and Wagner), who lionised him and tolerated his cranky behaviour as that of a budding genius.
There was more than a little rivalry between the two ladies, Frauen Wagner and Bechstein, when it came to offering Wolf accommodation, though Winnie could see that while she was so busy with the Festival it made sense for Wolf to stay with the Bechsteins and come round to Wahnfried for visits.
We met our landlords-to-be, Frau and Herr Friedrich, themselves émigrés from the Sudetenland in Czechoslovakia.
Herkunft
Borrowed from German Frau.
Formen
- Plural
- Frauen, Fraus
Frau · Used as a courtesy title before the surname of a (typically married) German-speaking woman.
fraud · The crime of stealing or otherwise illegally obtaining money…freak · Someone or something that is markedly unusual or…freaking · Fucking.