woman

This is the 12804th most frequent German word.


woman

The German word for "woman" is "Frau," meaning an adult female person.


In this sentence, 'Frau' is used as a noun subject to indicate a specific adult female individual performing the action of walking.

Die Frau geht spazieren.

The woman goes for a walk.


Here, 'der Frau' is in the dative case indicating the recipient of the action, representing an adult female individual.

Max schenkt der Frau eine Blume.

Max gives the woman a flower.


In this example, 'interessante Frau' is used with an adjective to describe the characteristics of the adult female individual being referred to.

Ich habe eine interessante Frau kennengelernt.

I met an interesting woman.