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RA

German, noun

RA is spelled R-A (2 letters) and appears 6.9 times per million words in written German, the 9,526th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). RA is a German masculine noun meaning “abbreviation of Rechtsanwalt” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, raß is a different word: “sharp, strong (especially of food)”. On this page, räß is a different word: “alternative form of raß”.

What does RA mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineabbreviation of Rechtsanwalt

noun

  1. 1

    colloquialmasculineinitialism of Rechtsanwalt

adjective

as raß
  1. 1

    sharp, strong (especially of food)

adjective

as räß
  1. 1

    alternative form of raß

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

abbreviation: 1. Kraftfahrzeugkennzeichen von Argentinien (República Argentina) 2. Kraftfahrzeugkennzeichen für den steirischen Bezirk Radkersburg (auslaufend) 3. Rechtsanwalt, Rechtsanwältin

noun: 1. höchster ägyptischer Gott (Sonnengott)

adjective: 1. scharf, kräftig, streng (hauptsächlich von Speisen, Getränken) 2. feurig (bei Pferden) 3. resolut (bei Frauen)

adjective: 1. sehr scharf, würzig, salzig oder sauer; beißend

abbreviation: 1. Rechtsanwälte

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 RA

  • RAe plural
  • RAen dative definite plural
  • RAs genitive
  • raßer masculine nominative singular
  • am raßesten superlative
  • raße feminine nominative singular
  • raßes neuter nominative singular
  • raßen genitive masculine singular
  • raßem dative masculine singular
  • (der) Ra nominative singular
  • des Ra genitive singular
  • (des) Ras genitive singular
  • (dem) Ra dative singular
  • (den) Ra accusative singular
  • rass alternative Switzerland Liechtenstein
  • räß variant
  • räss alternative Switzerland Liechtenstein
  • raß variant

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How common is RA in German?

RA appears 6.9 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).

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