Noun: frue
Gender: Common
Hyphenation:
Nominative
| Sg. indefinite | frue |
| Sg. definite | fruen |
| Pl. indefinite | fruer |
| Pl. definite | fruerne |
Genitive
| Sg. indefinite | frues |
| Sg. definite | fruens |
| Pl. indefinite | fruers |
| Pl. definite | fruernes |
Sample Sentences
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with a name always in the short form fru
Nouns inflected like frue
toiletbørste,
krokodille,
svensknøgle,
nissehue,
overtagelse,
snurre,
snitte,
snerle,
snerre,
snerpe,
satire,
meddelelse,
sjuske,
sminke,
smerte,
slippe,
slange,
slette,
skøjte,
sonate, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. From Old Saxon frūa
2. Cognate with German Frau (“woman”), Dutch vrouwe (“lady”), vrouw (“woman”), Old Norse freyja (“lady”), Freyja (name of goddess) (late Old Norse frúa and Swedish fru are also borrowed from Old Saxon). A feminine form of *frawjô (“lord”). See: German Nouns '
Frau', Dutch Nouns '
vrouwe', Old Norse Nouns '
freyja', Old Norse Nouns '
frúa', Swedish Nouns '
fru'.
Verbs referencing "frue"
Danish Nouns
frøken.
Translations