frau

noun1

1. •
   A woman, especially a German woman.

   • Witch: / Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow! / You damned old beast! You cursed old sow! / You leave the kettle and singe the frau. — 1961

noun1

1. •
   Used as a courtesy title before the surname of a (typically married) German-speaking woman.

   • G. von Hoffmann’s Die Ochsenmenuette offered Frau von Berckel as Therese, Scherer as Istock, Lotti as Eduard, and Frauen Schmidt and Esden, and Graff, Lehmann and Kress in minor roles. — 1970