rasant
German, adjective/ʁaˈzant/
rasant is spelled R-A-S-A-N-T (6 letters) and appears 3.3 times per million words in written German, the 16,674th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rasant is a German adjective meaning “having a flat trajectory” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sehr schnell, rasend”.
What does rasant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
having a flat trajectory
- 2
rapid, turbulent, tempestuous (at great and possibly uncontrolled speed)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. sehr schnell, rasend 2. fabelhaft, atemberaubend schön 3. sehr flach gestreckt (bezogen auf die Flugbahn eines Geschosses)
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 rasant
- rasanter masculine nominative singular
- am rasantesten superlative
- rasante feminine nominative singular
- rasantes neuter nominative singular
- rasanten genitive masculine singular
- rasantem dative masculine singular
- der rasante definite includes-article masculine
- die rasante definite feminine includes-article
- das rasante definite includes-article neuter
- die rasanten definite includes-article nominative
- des rasanten definite genitive includes-article
- der rasanten definite feminine genitive
- dem rasanten dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rasant?
- /ʁaˈzant/
- [ʁaˈzant]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is rasant in German?
rasant appears 3.3 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).