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Illustration of the A1 German word “die Frau”, which translates to “woman”. Rosie the Riveter pose: a woman in a blue work shirt, sleeve rolled up, and a red polka-dot bandana flexes her bicep, chin jutting, eyebrows down in fierce can-do determination.

Frau is part of German nouns A1–B1 and Goethe A1 vocabulary.

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dieFrau, -en

woman

/fʁaʊ̯/

Examples — Frau in a sentence

Die Frau liest ein Buch.

The woman is reading a book.

Wer ist diese Frau?

Who is this woman?

How to remember it

"Frau" — the lady who says "wow" (Frau).

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masculine Freund — friend

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