radieren
German, verb/ʁaˈdiːʁən/
radieren is spelled R-A-D-I-E-R-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written German, the 138,538th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Radieren is a German verb meaning “to etch (to engrave)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit Tinte, Tusche oder Farbe Geschriebenes oder Gezeichnetes mittels eines Radiermessers, Federmessers…”.
What does radieren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to etch (to engrave)
- 2
to erase, rub out
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. mit Tinte, Tusche oder Farbe Geschriebenes oder Gezeichnetes mittels eines Radiermessers, Federmessers, Glasfaserradierers oder Schabemessers schabend oder kratzend entfernen 2. mit Bleistift Geschriebenes oder Gezeichnetes mittels eines Radiergummis entfernen 3. tilgen 4. eine bildliche Darstellung mit einem Grabstichel in die glatt polierte Oberfläche eines Kupferblechs, einer Goldfolie oder Ähnlichem einritzen
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 radieren
- radiert present singular third-person
- radierte past
- haben auxiliary
- radierend participle present
- radiere first-person indicative present
- radierst indicative present second-person
- radierest second-person singular subjunctive
- radieret plural second-person subjunctive
- radierten first-person indicative plural
- radiertest indicative preterite second-person
- radiertet indicative plural preterite
- radier imperative second-person singular
- habe radiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben radiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- rad. abbreviation
- radiere! imperative singular
- radier! imperative singular
- radiert! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce radieren?
- /ʁaˈdiːʁən/
- [ʁaˈdiːʁən]
- [ʁaˈdiː.ɐn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to radieren
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is radieren in German?
radieren appears about once in every 7 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).