Why is it die Kamerafrau?

Kamerafrau is a compound noun, and German compounds take the article of their last word: die Frau. So it’s die Kamerafrau.

All nouns ending in -frau
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Meaning

[1] Female person who films professionally

[1] weibliche Person, die beruflich filmt

Examples

[1] The camera woman always has the moderator in the field of view

[1] Die Kamerafrau hat immer den Moderator im Blickfeld.

[1] "And now that he wants to escape, a Hungarian camera woman takes him to fall" "

[1] „Und jetzt, da er entwischen will, bringt ihn eine ungarische Kamerafrau zu Fall.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die Kamerafrau die Kamerafrauen
Genitiv der Kamerafrau der Kamerafrauen
Dativ der Kamerafrau den Kamerafrauen
Akkusativ die Kamerafrau die Kamerafrauen

Pronunciation

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