Radiant
[ʁaˈdi̯ant]
The verdict
“Radiant” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ebener Winkel im Bogenmaß, bei dem das Verhältnis von Kreisbogen und Radius gleich 1 ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-radiant · Radiant · German
Radiant · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Radiant |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʁaˈdi̯ant] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Radiant” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
Rare enough to double-check
Radiant is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ʁaˈdi̯ant]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Radiant in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Radiant, spelled R-A-D-I-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1ebener Winkel im Bogenmaß, bei dem das Verhältnis von Kreisbogen und Radius gleich 1 ist
- 2scheinbarer Ausgangspunkt eines Schwarms von Meteoren
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Radiant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Winkel kann in Altgrad oder Neugrad angegeben werden (Gradmaß α) oder aber in Radiant (Bogenmaß Xα), der dem Winkel α entsprechenden Länge des Kreisbogens auf dem Einheitskreis.
Ingenieure schreiben bei ihren Berechnungen die Einheit Radiant (rad) explizit hinzu, um Umrechnungsfehler zu anderen Winkelmaßen (Grad, Gon) auszuschließen.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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