unsere liebe Frau

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The verdict

“unsere liebe Frau” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
17
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - eine Bezeichnung der Gottesmutter Maria

Key facts for unsere liebe Frau
PropertyValue
Headwordunsere liebe Frau
LanguageGerman
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[…]
Letters17
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “unsere liebe Frau” sits in German frequency

unsere liebe Frau falls outside the top-100,000 ranked German words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

unsere liebe Frau is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine Bezeichnung der Gottesmutter Maria".

unsere liebe Frau has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is unsere liebe Frau, spelled U-N-S-E-R-E- -L-I-E-B-E- -F-R-A-U.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine Bezeichnung der Gottesmutter Maria

Synonyms

JungfrauMariaMuttergottesMadonna

This word in other languages

Our Lady(English)notre Dame(Français)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "unsere liebe Frau"?
"unsere liebe Frau" is spelled U-N-S-E-R-E- -L-I-E-B-E- -F-R-A-U. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "unsere liebe Frau" mean?
As a phrase, "unsere liebe Frau" means: eine Bezeichnung der Gottesmutter Maria
How do you pronounce "unsere liebe Frau"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "unsere liebe Frau" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "unsere liebe Frau" come from?
"unsere liebe Frau" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “unsere liebe Frau”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is U-N-S-E-R-E- -L-I-E-B-E- -F-R-A-U - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as […] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list