Definitions for Fraulein
fraulein

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1. Frauleinnoun

   a German courtesy title or form of address for an unmarried woman

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1. frauleinnoun

   A young German woman.

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1. fraulein

   Fräulein ( FROY-lyne, German: [ˈfʁɔʏlaɪn] (listen)) is the German language honorific for unmarried women, comparable to Miss in English and Mademoiselle in French.

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1. fraulein

   Fraulein is a German term, originally used as a courtesy title for an unmarried woman, equivalent to 'Miss' in English. However, it is now considered outdated and potentially disrespectful in contemporary German language, and the term "Frau" is preferred for all adult women.

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1. Fräulein

   Fräulein is the German language honorific previously in common use for unmarried women, comparable to Miss in English. Fräulein is the diminutive form of Frau, which was previously reserved only for married women. Frau is in origin the equivalent of "Mylady" or "Madam", a form of address of a noblewoman. But by an ongoing process of devaluation of honorifics, it came to be used as the unmarked term for "woman" by about 1800. Therefore, Fräulein came to be interpreted as expressing a "diminutive of woman", as it were implying that a Fräulein is not-quite-a-woman. By the 1960s, this came to be seen as patronising by proponents of feminism, and during the 1970s and 1980s, the term Fräulein became nearly taboo in urban and official settings, while it remains an unmarked standard in many rural areas. This process was somewhat problematic, at least during the 1970s to 1980s, since many unmarried women of the older generation insisted on Fräulein as a term of distinction, respecting their status, and took the address of Frau as an offensive or suggestive of extra-marital sexual experience. Since the 1970s, Fräulein has come to be used less often, and was banned from official use in West Germany in 1972 by the Minister of the Interior. Nowadays, style guides and dictionaries recommend that all women be addressed as Frau regardless of marital status, particularly in formal situations. A newsletter published on the website of the German dictionary Duden in 2002, for instance, noted that women should only be addressed as Fräulein when they specifically request this form of address.

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How to pronounce Fraulein?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Fraulein in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Fraulein in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Fraulein
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Fraulein
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraulein
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Fraulein