maid

maid
noun
1) (servant) Dienstmädchen, das; Dienstmagd, die (veralt.)
2) (young unmarried woman, virgin) Jungfrau, die
3) (arch./poet./rhet.): (young woman, girl) Maid, die (dichter. veralt.). See also academic.ru/51554/old_maid">old maid
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[meid]
noun
(a female servant: The maid answered the door.) das Dienstmädchen
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maid
[meɪd]
n
1. (servant) Dienstmädchen nt; (in a hotel) Zimmermädchen nt
2. (poet or old: girl) Maid f poet o veraltet, Mägdelein nt poet o veraltet; (unmarried woman) Mädchen nt, Mägdelein nt poet o veraltet
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[meɪd]
n
1) (= servant) (Dienst)mädchen nt, Hausangestellte f; (in hotel) Zimmermädchen nt; (= lady's maid) Zofe f
2) (old: maiden) Jungfer f (obs), Maid f (old, poet); (= young girl) Mägdelein nt (poet)

the Maid of Orleans — die Jungfrau von Orleans

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maid [meıd] s
1. obs oder poet (junges) Mädchen, Maid f
2. (junge) unverheiratete Frau ( obs oder poet außer in):
maid of hono(u)r
a) Ehren-, Hofdame f,
b) US (erste) Brautjungfer,
c) Br (ein) Käsekuchen m; → old maid 1, 2
3. (Dienst)Mädchen n:
maid of all work
a) Hausangestellte f, -mädchen n,
b) fig Mädchen für alles umg
4. poet Jungfrau f, Maid f:
the Maid (of Orléans) die Jungfrau von Orleans
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noun
1) (servant) Dienstmädchen, das; Dienstmagd, die (veralt.)
2) (young unmarried woman, virgin) Jungfrau, die
3) (arch./poet./rhet.): (young woman, girl) Maid, die (dichter. veralt.). See also old maid
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n.
Dienstmagd f.
Dienstmädchen n.
Magd ¨-e f.
Mädchen - n.
Zimmermädchen n.

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