fraulein

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/fɹɔɪlaɪn//fɹaʊliːn/

noun

A young German woman.

OriginGerman Fräulein →
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Meanings

fraulein1

nounfraulein (plural frauleins)

plural frauleins · alternative Fraulein · alternative Fräulein · alternative fräulein · alternative Fraeulein · alternative fraeulein

  1. A young German woman.

    Waiters are in button-downs, and waitresses wear full-on fraulein garb.

    2007 May 20, “A Coastline Smorgasbord”, in New York Times
    1 more example

    […] "fratting" (fraternising) a bit with the frauleins, who were apparently not at all reluctant to be "fratted" with.

    1967, Sir John George Smyth, Bolo Whistler: The Life of General Sir Lashmer Whistler, page 159

Fraulein2

nounFraulein (plural Frauleins)

plural Frauleins

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of fraulein.

Origin

  1. GermanFräulein
  2. Englishfraulein

Borrowed from German Fräulein.

More words from German

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Translations

German Fräulein
  • Fräuleina young German woman
Russian фро́йляйн
  • фро́йляйн (frójljajn)a young German woman

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with fraulein

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Anagrams

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APA

fraulein. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fraulein

MLA

“fraulein.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fraulein. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fraulein,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fraulein.

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