brav
German, adjective/bʁaːf/
brav is spelled B-R-A-V (4 letters) and appears 10 times per million words in written German, the 6,780th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Brav is a German adjective meaning “good, well-behaved or reliable, obedient” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Gehorsam zeigend”.
What does brav mean in English?
adjective
- 1
good, well-behaved or reliable, obedient
Ich verspreche, brav zu sein.
- 2
datedhonest, upright, upstanding
- 3
conventional, conservative, dowdy
- 4
obsoletelively, quick, bold, nimble, daring, racy
- 5
obsoletebold, keen, courageous
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Gehorsam zeigend 2. Biederkeit äußernd 3. Rechtschaffenheit und Redlichkeit lebend 4. Mut und Tapferkeit beweisend
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of brav
- braver masculine nominative singular
- am bravsten superlative
- brave feminine nominative singular
- braves neuter nominative singular
- braven genitive masculine singular
- bravem dative masculine singular
- der brave definite includes-article masculine
- die brave definite feminine includes-article
- das brave definite includes-article neuter
- die braven definite includes-article nominative
- des braven definite genitive includes-article
- der braven definite feminine genitive
- dem braven dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce brav?
- /bʁaːf/
- [bʁaːf]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to brav
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is brav in German?
brav appears 10 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).