Meaning and translations

Definition

A woman who comes from the Central European country whose capital is Berlin.

Translations
English
German woman
Français
Allemande
Türkçe
Alman kadın
Polski
Niemka
Русский
немка
Українська
німкеня

Grammar & classification

Article
die
Gender
Feminine
Plural
Deutschen
Part of speech
Noun
CEFR level
B1
Morphology
Conversion
Topics
Countries & CulturesPrimarySociety & Public Life

Usage examples

  1. Die Deutsche lebt derzeit in Frankreich.NominativSing.The German woman currently lives in France.
  2. Frankreich hat die Deutsche herzlich aufgenommen.AkkusativSing.France welcomed the German woman warmly.
  3. Die Gastgeberin gab der Deutschen einen Stadtplan.DativSing.The hostess gave the German woman a city map.

Pronunciation and forms

  • Lemma
    Deutsche/ˈdɔʏtʃə/
  • Article phrase
    die Deutsche/diː ˈdɔʏtʃə/
  • Plural
    Deutschen/ˈdɔʏtʃn̩/

Declension / Forms

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativdie Deutschedie Deutschen
Akkusativdie Deutschedie Deutschen
Dativder Deutschenden Deutschen
Genitivder Deutschender Deutschen

Usage and collocations

  • Collocationeine Deutsche kennenlernen

Semantic relations

  • Related termÖsterreicher — Austrian man

    The terms denote different national affiliations and therefore, despite their shared German language, are not interchangeable.

  • Related termSchweizer — Swiss man

    The terms denote different national affiliations; Switzerland is also multilingual, so the terms are not interchangeable.

Word formation and word family

Formation typeConversion

  1. deutschOther

„Deutsche“ is the substantivized feminine form of the adjective „deutsch“ and denotes a woman of German origin or nationality.

Word family

  • DeutscherGender-paired profession
  • deutschWord family
  • DeutschlandWord family