Does Frau mean wife?

woman
a married woman; a wife. the conventional German title of respect and term of address for a married woman, corresponding to Mrs.

What is the difference between Frau and Ehefrau?

It refers both to wife and woman. Meine Frau – My wife, eine Frau – a woman. Frau is the short term for Ehefrau, which means wife as well. It can mean both depending on the context the word is used.

What do you call a German girl?

Fräulein is the diminutive form of Frau, which was previously reserved only for married women. Also, in East Germany, Fräulein continued in common usage until 1990. Nowadays, style guides and dictionaries recommend that all women be addressed as Frau regardless of marital status, particularly in formal situations.

What does “Gattin” mean in German?

“Gattin” is an old honorific for “Frau” ‘wife’. The plural is “Gattinnen” ‘wives’, the male equivalent is “Gatte” ‘husband’ with plural “Gatten”. It used to be “meine Frau” ‘my wife’, but “Ihre Gattin” ‘your wife’.

How many women are in Germany’s cabinet?

Germany currently has its most female cabinet to date. With nine male and seven female members, the proportion of women is just shy of 44 percent. That may be good news, yet it says little about equal rights in German politics in general.

What is it like to be a woman in Germany?

Women in Germany are very highly educated: more than half of those with the Abitur (Germany’s university entrance qualification), around 50 percent of university graduates and around 45 percent of doctoral students are female.

What is the gender pay gap in Germany?

The proportion of working women in Germany has risen by eight percentage points in the last ten years. The male employment rate is around 83 percent. As far as their earnings are concerned, there is an imbalance between men and women. The gender pay gap was 21 percent in 2017.