radieren
[ʁaˈdiːʁən]
The verdict
“radieren” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mit Tinte, Tusche oder Farbe Geschriebenes oder Gezeichnetes mittels eines Radiermessers, Federmessers, Glasfaserradierers oder Schabemessers schabend oder kratzend entfernen
Corpus desk
Index DE-radieren · radieren · German
radieren · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | radieren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ʁaˈdiːʁən] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „radieren“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
radieren is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ʁaˈdiːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 7 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for radieren in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is radieren, spelled R-A-D-I-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1mit Tinte, Tusche oder Farbe Geschriebenes oder Gezeichnetes mittels eines Radiermessers, Federmessers, Glasfaserradierers oder Schabemessers schabend oder kratzend entfernen
- 2mit Bleistift Geschriebenes oder Gezeichnetes mittels eines Radiergummis entfernen
- 3tilgen
- 4Kupferstecherei
- 5Kupferstecherei
- 6Kupferstecherei
- 7abschaben der Haut vom Knochen oder auch abstreichen von Schleim
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how radieren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Er [der Kupferstecher Stock] radierte sehr sauber, so daß die Arbeit aus dem Ätzwasser beinahe vollendet herauskam und mit dem Grabstichel, den er sehr gut führte, nur weniges nachzuhelfen blieb.“
Synonyms
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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.