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Jungfrau

Jungfrau

English

Proper noun

Jungfrau

  1. The highest mountain in the Bernese Alps, Switzerland.

German

Etymology

jung + Frau

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈjʊŋˌfʁaʊ̯/

Noun

Jungfrau f (genitive Jungfrau, plural Jungfrauen)

  1. virgin (woman, or man, who has never had sexual intercourse)
  2. (archaic) maiden (young woman)
  3. (astronomy, astrology) Virgo (a constellation and an astrological sign).

Declension

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