fraulein
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from German Fräulein.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɹɔɪlaɪn/, /fɹaʊliːn/
- Rhymes: -aɪn, -iːn
Noun
fraulein (plural frauleins)
- A young German woman.
- 2007 May 20, “A Coastline Smorgasbord”, in New York Times[1]:
- Waiters are in button-downs, and waitresses wear full-on fraulein garb.