Jungfrau

English

Etymology

From German Jungfrau.

Proper noun

Jungfrau

The highest mountain in the Bernese Alps, Switzerland.

German

Etymology

jung +‎ Frau or from Middle High German juncfrouwe (juncvrouwe)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈjʊŋˌfʁaʊ̯/
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Noun

Jungfrau f (genitive Jungfrau, plural Jungfrauen)

virgin (woman who has never had sexual intercourse)
(archaic) maiden (young woman)
(astronomy, astrology) Virgo (a constellation and an astrological sign).

Declension

Declension of Jungfrau

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Jungfrau	die	Jungfrauen
genitive	einer	der	Jungfrau	der	Jungfrauen
dative	einer	der	Jungfrau	den	Jungfrauen
accusative	eine	die	Jungfrau	die	Jungfrauen

Derived terms

jungfräulich

Related terms

Jungfer

See also

(Western astrology signs) Tierkreiszeichen; Widder, Stier, Zwilling, Krebs, Löwe, Jungfrau, Waage, Skorpion, Schütze, Steinbock, Wassermann, Fische

Further reading

Jungfrau in Duden online

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