brav
Adjektiv
1. | [artig] good |
2. | [bieder] plain |
brav
Adverb
sie hat brav aufgegessen she ate up like a good girl
brav |
The German brav is a false friend which does not mean brave but good in the sense of well-behaved. So the phrase Wenn du brav bist, bekommst du ein Eis can be translated as If you're good, you'll get an ice-cream. |
The English word brave in the sense of courageous corresponds to the German tapfer, so brave soldiers would be tapfere Soldaten . |