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Originally Posted by OctobersBlackRose
German has a word for Mr. and Mrs. but not Ms (Miss). Frau is used as Mrs, and I guess in place of the non-existent Me. Frau also means woman, and wife, so I guess how you use Frau depends on the context. But also the book gave an imteresting little tid bit about how the word Fräulein use to be the word for Miss (Ms), but it is no longer used.
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No, I don't think Frau is used for both Mrs. and Ms. I can't be 100% sure because of how rarely I've heard it at all. But I think it's a prefix for a married woman... And yeah, otherwise it depends on context. "Seine Frau" - his wife. "Eine schöne Frau" - a beautiful woman... Although I suppose even there it could differ depending on the context.