feminin
German, adjective/ˈfeːmiˌniːn/
feminin is spelled F-E-M-I-N-I-N (7 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written German, the 38,647th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Feminin is a German adjective meaning “feminine (of feminine grammatical gender)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “dem weiblichen grammatischen Geschlecht zugehörig”.
What does feminin mean in English?
adjective
- 1
feminine (of feminine grammatical gender)
- 2
feminine, womanly (of markedly female association, e.g. in appearance)
- 3
rarefemale (belonging to the female sex)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. dem weiblichen grammatischen Geschlecht zugehörig 2. den Eigenschaften einer Frau ähnelnd, entsprechend 3. für Frauen passend 4. dem weiblichen biologischen Geschlecht zugehörig
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 feminin
- femininer masculine nominative singular
- am femininsten superlative
- feminine feminine nominative singular
- feminines neuter nominative singular
- femininen genitive masculine singular
- femininem dative masculine singular
- der feminine definite includes-article masculine
- die feminine definite feminine includes-article
- das feminine definite includes-article neuter
- die femininen definite includes-article nominative
- des femininen definite genitive includes-article
- der femininen definite feminine genitive
- dem femininen dative definite includes-article
- f. abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce feminin?
- /ˈfeːmiˌniːn/
- /ˈfɛmiˌniːn/
- /femiˈniːn/
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to feminin
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is feminin in German?
feminin appears 1.0 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).