Noun: Frauenzimmer
Gender: Neuter
Hyphenation:
Nominative
Indefinite
| Singular | ein Frauenzimmer |
| Plural | Frauenzimmer |
Definite
| Singular | das Frauenzimmer |
| Plural | die Frauenzimmer |
Genitive
Indefinite
| Singular | eines Frauenzimmers |
| Plural | Frauenzimmer |
Definite
| Singular | des Frauenzimmers |
| Plural | der Frauenzimmer |
Dative
Indefinite
| Singular | einem Frauenzimmer |
| Plural | Frauenzimmern |
Definite
| Singular | dem Frauenzimmer |
| Plural | den Frauenzimmern |
Accusative
Indefinite
| Singular | ein Frauenzimmer |
| Plural | Frauenzimmer |
Definite
| Singular | das Frauenzimmer |
| Plural | die Frauenzimmer |
Sample Sentences
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Natürlich, ein Frauenzimmer! dachte Hans Castorp, und wieder murmelte er es ausdrücklich vor sich hin, so daß die Lehrerin, Fräulein Engelhart, verstand, was er sagte. (Pf course, a woman! thought Hans Castorp; and once again he muttered it aloud so clearly that the teacher, Miss Engelhart, understood what he was saying.) [1924, Thomas Mann, Der Zauberberg [The Magic Mountain], volume 1, Berlin: S. Fischer, page 131:]
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Die beiden Knaben […] blickten kritisch zu dem imposanten Frauenzimmer empor. (The two boys looked up at the imposing dame critically.) [1955, Kurt Guggenheim, Alles in Allem, Th. Gut Verlag, published 2018, page 10:]
Nouns inflected like Frauenzimmer
Flugsaurier,
Wellness-Center,
Kampfradler,
Weichspüler,
Hackschnitzel,
Muschilecker,
Spiralbohrer,
Korbmacher,
Fabeldichter,
Rosinenpicker,
Gründungsgesellschafter,
Fahrradfahrer,
Chelatbildner,
Meteoritenschauer,
Dansweiler,
Brixener,
Landsberger,
Schwertel,
Eichelhäher,
Mühlenberger, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Middle High German vrouwenzimmer; Frau (“woman”) + -en- + Zimmer (“room”). Originally (in the 15th century) denoting a woman's room, then her things and (in the 16th century) her attendants, and then (in the 17th century) an individual woman, often one of low status, for which reason the term started to become derogatory. Compare Danish fruentimmer and Swedish fruntimmer. See: Swedish Nouns '
fruntimmer'.
Verbs referencing "Frauenzimmer"
Swedish Nouns
fruntimmer.
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