different between dutchwoman vs vrouw

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch vrouw. Doublet of frow and frau.

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

Etymology

From Middle Dutch vrouwe, from Old Dutch frouwa, from Proto-Germanic *frawj?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vr?u?/
• Hyphenation: vrouw
• Rhymes: -?u?

Noun

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

1. woman
2. wife

   Synonym: echtgenote

Derived terms

• brandweervrouw
• huisvrouw
• mevrouw
• politievrouw
• raadsvrouw
• tuinvrouw
• vrouwelijk
• zeevrouw

Descendants

• Afrikaans: vrou
• ? Aukan: folow
• ? English: vrouw
• ? Sranan Tongo: frow