Madame
German, noun/maˈdam/
Madame is spelled M-A-D-A-M-E (6 letters) and appears 7.4 times per million words in written German, the 9,010th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Madame is a German feminine noun meaning “madam” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Frau, gnädige Frau”.
What does Madame mean in English?
noun
- 1
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Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Frau, gnädige 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 Madame
- Mesdames plural
- Madam alternative
- Mme. abbreviation
- Mme abbreviation Swiss Standard German
- Mmes. abbreviation plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Madame?
- /maˈdam/
- [maˈdam]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Madame in German?
Madame appears 7.4 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).