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vrouw

vrouw

See also: -vrouw

English

Noun

vrouw (plural vrouws)

  1. A Dutchwoman.
    • 1786, Account of the India Guide (in Walker's Hibernian magazine)
      So the Vrouws, in a minuet, solemnly prance
      Like a bear, at a fair, that is tutor'd to dance.
    • 1840, The United States magazine and Democratic review: Volume 7 (page 158)
      Those whose rank excluded them from a participation in the town deliberations drew closer to their firesides; the vrouws, both old and young, edged their seats nigher to each other []

Dutch

Een blonde vrouw
A blonde woman

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɑu̯
  • IPA(key): /vrɑu̯/

Etymology

From Middle Dutch vrouwe, from Old Dutch frouwa, from Proto-Germanic *frawjǭ, a feminine form of *frawjô (lord) (Old English frēa, frēo), from Proto-Indo-European *prōw- (master, judge)

Noun

vrouw f (plural vrouwen, diminutive vrouwtje n or vrouwke n)

  1. woman
  2. wife

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