German noun, feminine · CEFR A1
die Oma
Meaning in English: grandma, granny
Not one of the 5,000 most common words in written German, but part of the core vocabulary in our Family members in German list.
Example
Oma backt am Sonntag einen Kuchen.
Grandma is baking a cake on Sunday.
Der, die or das?
Oma is feminine: die Oma. How to tell the gender from the ending.
How common is Oma?
In the news and web texts the list is counted from, Oma appears 11 times per million words — about once every 91,000 words. That is below the cut-off: the last of the top 5,000 appears about 16 times per million.
A1 means a beginner word, usually met in the first weeks of learning.
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- die Geschwistersiblings, brothers and sisters
- die Großelterngrandparents
- die Großmuttergrandmother
- der Großvatergrandfather
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Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.