die · Feminine (Femininum)A1Feminine DeclensionPeople & Family

die Frau

woman / wife / Mrs.

Nominative Sg.die Frau

Genitive Sg.der Frau

Nominative Plural

die Frauen

Dative Pluralden Frauen

Gender / Plural CueNatural female gender (die); feminine nouns stay unchanged in singular

Full 4-Case Declension Table

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Definite (der / die / das): Used for specific, already known, or general-category nouns.

Case (Fall)	Question	Singular	Plural
Nominative Nominativ (Werfall)	Wer oder was?	die Frau	die Frauen
Accusative Akkusativ (Wenfall)	Wen oder was?	die Frau	die Frauen
Dative Dativ (Wemfall)	Wem?	der Frau	den Frauen
Genitive Genitiv (Wesfall)	Wessen?	der Frau	der Frauen

Indefinite (ein / eine): Used when introducing a countable singular noun; has no plural article in German.

Case (Fall)	Question	Singular	Plural
Nominative Nominativ (Werfall)	Wer oder was?	eine Frau	Frauen
Accusative Akkusativ (Wenfall)	Wen oder was?	eine Frau	Frauen
Dative Dativ (Wemfall)	Wem?	einer Frau	Frauen
Genitive Genitiv (Wesfall)	Wessen?	einer Frau	Frauen

Negative (kein / keine): Negates nouns with or without an indefinite article; follows ein-words in singular and die in plural.

Case (Fall)	Question	Singular	Plural
Nominative Nominativ (Werfall)	Wer oder was?	keine Frau	keine Frauen
Accusative Akkusativ (Wenfall)	Wen oder was?	keine Frau	keine Frauen
Dative Dativ (Wemfall)	Wem?	keiner Frau	keinen Frauen
Genitive Genitiv (Wesfall)	Wessen?	keiner Frau	keiner Frauen

Possessive (mein / dein / …): Uses ein-word endings in singular and definite-like endings in plural (mein/dein/sein/ihr/unser/euer/Ihr).

Case (Fall)	Question	Singular	Plural
Nominative Nominativ (Werfall)	Wer oder was?	meine Frau	meine Frauen
Accusative Akkusativ (Wenfall)	Wen oder was?	meine Frau	meine Frauen
Dative Dativ (Wemfall)	Wem?	meiner Frau	meinen Frauen
Genitive Genitiv (Wesfall)	Wessen?	meiner Frau	meiner Frauen

Why These Endings Work

All feminine (die) nouns stay completely unchanged in the singular across Nominative, Accusative, Dative, and Genitive.

Feminine nouns never change their own ending in the singular across all four cases.
Plural "Frauen" already ends in -n or -s, so Dative plural stays Frauen.

Pattern summary: Only the article changes in singular (die / die / der / der); plural takes -n in Dative unless ending in -n or -s.

Example Sentences in Context

Nominative

Die Frau arbeitet als Architektin in München.

The woman works as an architect in Munich.

Dative

Ich gebe der Frau den Schlüssel zurück.

I give the key back to the woman.

Nominative

Zwei Frauen sprechen vor dem Büro.

Two women are speaking in front of the office.

Interactive Tools & Related Guides

Check "Frau" in Der/Die/Das Checker Analyze in Compound Deconstructor Inspect Example in Sentence Analyzer

German Gender & ArticlesPredict der, die, das with high-frequency endings The Four German CasesNominative, Accusative, Dative, and Genitive roles Noun Plurals & Dative -nPlural patterns and the Dative plural -n rule Dative Case GuideIndirect objects, prepositions, and der + feminine nouns

FAQs: die Frau

Is "Frau" der, die, or das in German?

"Frau" takes the feminine definite article "die" (die Frau). Gender cue: Natural female gender (die); feminine nouns stay unchanged in singular.

What is the plural and Dative plural of "die Frau"?

The Nominative plural of die Frau is "die Frauen" (pattern: -en). In the Dative plural it becomes "den Frauen".

How does "die Frau" change in the Genitive, Accusative, and Dative?

As a feminine noun, "Frau" keeps the exact same stem in all four singular cases; only the article changes (die Frau / die Frau / der Frau / der Frau).