Short answer: Frau takes the article die (die Frau). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “woman” in English.
Frau: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Woman
- Topic
- Relationships and community
- Yupo level
- Beginner
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Why does Frau take die?
No suffix rule covers Frau, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, die words are red. Picture Frau as something red.
See the article rules →Frau in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Frau |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Frau |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Frau |
