Radiant
German, noun/ʁaˈdi̯ant/
Radiant is spelled R-A-D-I-A-N-T (7 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 105,614th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Radiant is a German masculine noun meaning “radian” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ebener Winkel im Bogenmaß, bei dem das Verhältnis von Kreisbogen und Radius gleich 1 ist”.
What does Radiant mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineradian
- 2
masculineradiant (of a meteor shower)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ebener Winkel im Bogenmaß, bei dem das Verhältnis von Kreisbogen und Radius gleich 1 ist 2. scheinbarer Ausgangspunkt eines Schwarms von Meteoren
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 Radiant
- Radianten genitive
- rad abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Radiant?
- /ʁaˈdi̯ant/
- [ʁaˈdi̯ant]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Radiant
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Radiant in German?
Radiant appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).