raffiniert
German, adjective/ʁafiˈniːɐ̯t/
raffiniert is spelled R-A-F-F-I-N-I-E-R-T (10 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written German, the 27,669th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Raffiniert is a German adjective meaning “refined” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of raffinieren. The German Wiktionary defines it as “gereinigt und veredelt”.
What does raffiniert mean in English?
adjective
- 1
refined
- 2
clever, cunning
- 3
sophisticated
verb
- 1
past participle of raffinieren
verb
- 1
third-person singular present
- 2
second-person plural present
- 3
plural imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. gereinigt und veredelt 2. durchtrieben, ausgeklügelt
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 raffiniert
- raffinierter masculine nominative singular
- am raffiniertesten superlative
- raffinierte feminine nominative singular
- raffiniertes neuter nominative singular
- raffinierten genitive masculine singular
- raffiniertem dative masculine singular
- der raffinierte definite includes-article masculine
- die raffinierte definite feminine includes-article
- das raffinierte definite includes-article neuter
- die raffinierten definite includes-article nominative
- des raffinierten definite genitive includes-article
- der raffinierten definite feminine genitive
- dem raffinierten dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce raffiniert?
- /ʁafiˈniːɐ̯t/
- [ʁafiˈniːɐ̯t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to raffiniert
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is raffiniert in German?
raffiniert appears 1.7 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).