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fröken

Pronunciation: /ˈfrøːkɛn/

“fröken” is a Swedish word. Its 7 meanings in English:

noun

  1. Miss ((title for an) unmarried woman (of any class – see usage notes below))
  2. a female teacher or pedagogue, Miss (in kindergarten or elementary school – especially when referred to or addressed by the children)
  3. Miss (as a term of address for a woman in certain functions, for example a waitress)
  4. a young girl, a miss
  5. a Miss ((title for a) female participant in or winner of a (Swedish) beauty pageant or beauty contest)
  6. a (title for an) unmarried princess
  7. Miss, Lady ((title for an) unmarried noble or upper-class woman)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish fröken, from Middle Low German vröuken, vrouwicken, diminutive of vrûwe, vrouwe (“woman, lady”), from Old Saxon frūa, from Proto-West Germanic *frauwjā.

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