Erwachsene
German, noun
Erwachsene is spelled E-R-W-A-C-H-S-E-N-E (10 letters) and appears 26 times per million words in written German, the 3,188th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Erwachsene is a German feminine noun meaning “female equivalent of Erwachsener: female adult” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, erwachsene is a different word: “strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “körperlich und kognitiv reife Frau”.
What does Erwachsene mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefemale equivalent of Erwachsener: female adult
noun
- 1
masculinestrong nominative/accusative plural
- 2
masculineweak nominative singular
noun
- 1
neuterstrong nominative/accusative plural
- 2
neuterweak nominative/accusative singular
adjective
- 1
femininestrong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- 2
strong nominative/accusative plural
- 3
weak nominative all-gender singular
- 4
feminineneuterweak accusative feminine/neuter singular
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. körperlich und kognitiv reife Frau
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 Erwachsene
- die Erwachsene definite nominative
- Erwachsener genitive
- der Erwachsenen definite genitive
- die Erwachsenen definite plural
- Erwachsenen dative plural strong
- Erw. abbreviation
- den Erwachsenen dative plural
- eine Erwachsene nominative singular
- keine Erwachsenen nominative plural
- einer Erwachsenen genitive singular
- keiner Erwachsenen genitive plural
- keinen Erwachsenen dative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Erwachsene
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Erwachsene in German?
Erwachsene appears 26 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).