die
German, article/diː/
die is spelled D-I-E (3 letters) and appears 30,200 times per million words in written German, the 1st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Die is a German feminine article meaning “nominative/accusative singular feminine of der” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does die mean in English?
article
- 1
femininenominative/accusative singular feminine of der
die Frau
- 2
nominative/accusative plural of der
die Männer
pronoun
- 1
femininenominative/accusative singular feminine
- 2
nominative/accusative plural
- 3
that; which; who; whom; whose
Ich kenne eine Frau, die das kann.
- 4
this one; that one; these ones; those ones; she; her; it; they; them
die da
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
determiner: 1. weiblicher bestimmter Artikel im Nominativ und Akkusativ Singular 2. bestimmter Artikel im Nominativ und Akkusativ Plural
pronoun: 1. welche (Singular und Plural) 2. sie (Singular und Plural)
noun: 1. Halbleiter-Chip-Plättchen ohne (Plastik-/Keramik-)Gehäuse
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 die
- der definite masculine nominative
- das definite neuter nominative
- des definite genitive masculine
- dem dative definite masculine
- den dative definite plural
- dessen genitive masculine singular
- deren feminine genitive singular
- derer feminine genitive singular
- denen dative plural
- d. abbreviation
- Dice nominative plural
- Dies nominative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce die?
- /diː/
- /dɪ/
- [diː]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to die
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is die in German?
die appears 30,200 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).