raffen
German, verb/ˈʁafn̩/
raffen is a German verb meaning “to snatch up, grasp” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “heftig und begehrlich ergreifen”.
What does raffen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to snatch up, grasp
- 2
colloquialto understand
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. heftig und begehrlich ergreifen 2. irdische Güter vermehren und anhäufen 3. Textilien (meist Gardinen oder Vorhänge) in Falten legen; (Rock) schürzen; Segel kürzen, falten und verschnüren 4. einen Zusammenhang erkennen
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 raffen
- rafft present singular third-person
- raffte past
- gerafft participle past
- haben auxiliary
- raffend participle present
- raffe first-person indicative present
- raffst indicative present second-person
- raffest second-person singular subjunctive
- raffet plural second-person subjunctive
- rafften first-person indicative plural
- rafftest indicative preterite second-person
- rafftet indicative plural preterite
- raff imperative second-person singular
- habe gerafft first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben gerafft first-person indicative multiword-construction
- raff! imperative singular
- raffe! imperative singular
- rafft! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce raffen?
- /ˈʁafn̩/
- [ˈʁafn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to raffen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is raffen in German?
raffen appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).