Fr.
German, noun[ˈfʁyːɐ]
Fr. is spelled F-R (2 letters) and appears 29 times per million words in written German, the 2,820th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fr. is a German noun meaning “abbreviation of Frau (“Mistress, Mrs, woman, wife”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does Fr. mean in English?
noun
- 1
abbreviation of Frau (“Mistress, Mrs, woman, wife”)
- 2
abbreviation of Freitag (“Friday”)
- 3
abbreviation of Franken (“(Swiss) franc”)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
abbreviation: 1. Fracht 2. Frage 3. Franken 4. Frater
abbreviation: 1. Freitag
abbreviation: 1. früher 2. französisch 3. friesisch 4. frei
abbreviation: 1. deutsches Kfz-Kennzeichen für Freiburg im Breisgau und den Landkreis Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald 2. österreichisches Kfz-Kennzeichen für den Bezirk Freistadt in Oberösterreich 3. Schweizer Kfz-Kennzeichen für den Kanton Freiburg
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Fr.
- Fr. alternative
- frz. alternative
- franz. alternative
- französ. alternative
- fries. alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Fr.?
- [ˈfʁyːɐ]
- [fʁanˈt͡søːzɪʃ]
- [ˈfʁiːzɪʃ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Fr.
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Fr. in German?
Fr. appears 29 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).