Dame
German, noun/ˈdaːmə/
Dame is spelled D-A-M-E (4 letters) and appears 38 times per million words in written German, the 2,204th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dame is a German feminine noun meaning “lady (woman of good breeding and manners)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Frau”.
What does Dame mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininelady (woman of good breeding and manners)
- 2
femininelady; madam (polite term to refer to any woman)
- 3
femininequeen
- 4
feminineking
- 5
feminineDame
noun
- 1
feminineneuterdraughts; checkers
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Frau 2. Spielkarte in verschiedenen Kartenspielen 3. die mächtigste Schachfigur 4. durch Aufeinanderlegen von zwei Spielsteinen gebildete Spielfigur beim Damespiel
noun: 1. Brettspiel (auf einem Schachbrett)
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 Dame
- Damen plural
- Dames genitive
- D abbreviation
- Dämchen diminutive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Dame?
- /ˈdaːmə/
- [ˈdaːmə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Dame
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Dame in German?
Dame appears 38 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).