Frooch

Central Franconian

Etymology 1

From Old High German frāga. Cognate with German Frage.

Alternative forms

  • Frog (Colognian Academy spelling)
  • Froo (southernmost Moselle Franconian)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fʀɔːx/

Noun

Frooch f (plural Froge)

  1. (most dialects) question

Etymology 2

From Old High German fruht, from Latin fructus. Cognate with German Frucht.

Alternative forms

  • Frocht (most of Moselle Franconian)
  • Fruht, Fruucht (scattered relict forms)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fʀoːx/

Noun

Frooch f (plural Frööch)

  1. (Ripuarian, uncountable) grain; corn
  2. (Ripuarian, countable) fruit (sweet edible part of a plant)

East Central German

Etymology

Compare German Frage.

Noun

Frooch f

  1. (Erzgebirgisch) question

Further reading

  • 2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch‎[1], 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 44:
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