rechen
German, verb
rechen is a German verb meaning “to rake” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Rechen is a different word: “rake”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas, häufig auf dem Boden Liegendes mit einem Rechen, einer Harke zusammentragen”.
What does rechen mean in English?
verb
- 1
AustriaSwitzerlandto rake
noun
- 1
AustriaSwitzerlandmasculinerake
noun
- 1
neutergerund of rechen: "raking"
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas, häufig auf dem Boden Liegendes mit einem Rechen, einer Harke zusammentragen
noun: 1. langer Stiel mit gabel- oder fingerförmigem Endstück zum Zusammenkehren von Laub oder anderem losem, typischerweise grobem Zeug, Gartenabfall; Gartengerät zum Ebnen von Beeten und Auflockern des Erdbodens
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 rechen
- Rechens genitive
- recht present singular third-person
- rechte past
- gerecht participle past
- haben auxiliary
- rechend participle present
- reche first-person indicative present
- rechst indicative present second-person
- rechest second-person singular subjunctive
- rechet plural second-person subjunctive
- rechten first-person indicative plural
- rechtest indicative preterite second-person
- rechtet indicative plural preterite
- rech imperative second-person singular
- reche! imperative singular
- recht! imperative plural
- gerecht haben active infinitive perfect
- gerecht werden processual-passive infinitive present
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to rechen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rechen in German?
rechen appears 1.0 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).