English

Noun

vrouw ‎(plural vrouws)

1. A Dutchwoman.
   • 1786, Account of the India Guide (in Walker's Hibernian magazine)

     So the Vrouws, in a minuet, solemnly prance
     Like a bear, at a fair, that is tutor'd to dance.

   • 1840, The United States magazine and Democratic review: Volume 7 (page 158)

     Those whose rank excluded them from a participation in the town deliberations drew closer to their firesides; the vrouws, both old and young, edged their seats nigher to each other […]

Dutch

Een blonde vrouw
A blonde woman

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑu̯

• IPA^(key): /vrɑu̯/

Etymology

From Middle Dutch vrouwe, from Old Dutch frouwa, from Proto-Germanic *frawjǭ, a feminine form of *frawjô ‎(“lord”) (Old English frēa, frēo), from Proto-Indo-European *prōw- ‎(“master, judge”)

Noun

vrouw f ‎(plural vrouwen, diminutive vrouwtje n or vrouwke n)

1. woman
2. wife

Synonyms

• (wife): echtgenote

Derived terms

• huisvrouw
• mevrouw
• vrouwelijk