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jomfru

Pronunciation: /jɔmfru/

“jomfru” is a Danish word. Its 3 meanings in English:

noun

  1. virgin (a person who has never had sexual intercourse)
  2. maiden (young unmarried women)
  3. Virgo (someone with a Virgo star sign)

Etymology

From Middle Low German junkvrūwe (“maiden”), a compound of junk (“young”) + vrūwe (“lady”), compare German Jungfrau.

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