Posted by Michael on 17/8/2012, 23:33:43, in reply to "Re: German titles"
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Yes. The female equivalent of "Herr" is "Frau", thus the female equivalent of "Freiherr" is "Freifrau", whereas "Freiin" is the equivalent of "Fräulein". Freiherrin does not exist (normally, although I am sure there are some few instances, as there will be for almost every variation).
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: I think both could have been used
: interchangeably. In any case, it would have
: been "Freifrau von Affenberg" (for
: the wife of the Freiherr) or "Freiin
: von Affenberg" (for his daughter).
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: Is Freiin (for a daughter) more correct than
: Freiherrin? Doesn't the word Freiherrin
: exist in German?
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