Rah
German, noun/raː/
Rah is spelled R-A-H (3 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 80,178th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rah is a German feminine noun meaning “yard (horizontal spar on the mast of a sailing ship)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Querstange am Mast eines Segelschiffs für die Anbringung des rechteckigen oder trapezförmigen Rahsegels”.
What does Rah mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineyard (horizontal spar on the mast of a sailing ship)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Querstange am Mast eines Segelschiffs für die Anbringung des rechteckigen oder trapezförmigen Rahsegels
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 Rah
- Rahen plural
- Rahe alternative
- Raa alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Rah?
- /raː/
- [ʁaː]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Rah
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Rah in German?
Rah appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).