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Re: Feminization of plurals?

From:Benct Philip Jonsson <bpj@...>
Date:Wednesday, February 11, 2009, 19:54
Philip Newton wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 13:42, Benct Philip Jonsson <bpj@...> wrote: >> _fruntimmer_, >> meaning the same as German _Weib_ > > Or German _Frauenzimmer_? > > (Though that word is only in my passive vocabulary, and I'm not > entirely sure of the range of its denotations and connotations. My > vague impression, though, is that it's a slightly disrespectful way of > referring to a woman.)
Well Swedish _fruntimmer_ is more than a little disrespectful. I didn't know the German word was still remembered outside the Kluge! /BP