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Meet das Fräulein

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All 5 meanings

  1. diminutive of Frau (but not freely applicable)
  2. (dated, address for an unmarried woman) miss
  3. miss, young woman (especially a shop assistant)
  4. young lady, missy (said jokingly or rebukingly to a little girl)
  5. (obsolete) A female animal or person

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For das Fräulein, use the coloured columns: neuter and plural.

der, die, das
Casemasculinefeminineneuterplural
nominativederdiedasdie
accusativedendiedasdie
dativedemderdemden
ein, kein, mein: ein has no plural. mein, dein, sein, ihr, unser… end like kein.
Casemasculinefeminineneuterplural
nominativeeineineeinkeine
accusativeeineneineeinkeine
dativeeinemeinereinemkeinen

Plural die Fräulein

Nouns ending in -chen, -lein, -ment and -um are neuter.

Examples

  1. 1
    Im alten Film wartet das junge Fräulein vor dem Haus.In the old film, the young lady waits in front of the house.Nominative · subjectPractise „jung“ →
  2. 2
    Der Graf begrüßt das junge Fräulein.The count greets the young lady.Accusative · begrüßenPractise „jung“ →
  3. 3
    Sie spricht mit einem jungen Fräulein.She speaks with a young lady.Dative · mitPractise „jung“ →
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