This is the 191st most frequent German word.
januar
"Januar" in German means "January" in English.
Here, 'Januar' is the subject of the sentence, used as a proper noun to refer to the month of January.
Der Januar ist der erste Monat des Jahres.
January is the first month of the year.
In this example, 'Januar' is used in the context of time to locate the action within a specific month.
Im Januar sind die Tage meist sehr kalt.
In January, the days are usually very cold.
Here, 'im Januar' specifies the temporal setting of the event, showing how 'Januar' is used within prepositional phrases.