jomfru
Danish
/jɔmfru/
noun
Definitions
- virgin a person who has never had sexual intercourse
- (dated) maiden young unmarried women
- Virgo someone with a Virgo star sign
Etymology
Derived from Middle Low German junkvrūwe (maiden), junk (young) + Middle Low German vrūwe (lady).
Origin
Middle Low German
vrūwe
Gloss
lady
Concept
Semantic Field
Social and political relations
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
婦
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Jungfrau English
- Frau German
- Jungfrau German
- Jungfrauengeburt German
- Jungfrauschaft German
- Meerjungfrau German
- jung German
- jungfräulich German
- bur Danish
- jomfrubur Danish
- jomfruelig Danish
- juncfrouwe Middle High German
- Jongfra Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- junk Middle Low German
- junkvrūwe Middle Low German
- vrūwe Middle Low German