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frøken

frøken

See also: fröken

Danish

Noun

frøken c (singular definite frøkenen or frøknen, plural indefinite frøkener or frøkner)

  1. Miss, miss (an unmarried woman)

Inflection


Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Middle Low German vroiken, vrouken.

Noun

frøken m, f (definite singular frøkenen or frøkna, indefinite plural frøkner, definite plural frøknene)

  1. Miss, miss (an unmarried woman)
  2. a female teacher

Usage notes

Rarely used in daily conversations. Common English words like mister, miss etc. have become very archaic in ordinary Norwegian speech.

References


Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Middle Low German vroiken, vrouken.

Noun

frøken f (definite singular frøkna, indefinite plural frøkner, definite plural frøknene)

  1. Miss, miss (an unmarried woman)
  2. a female teacher

Usage notes

As for Bokmål above.

References