rasen
German, verb
rasen is spelled R-A-S-E-N (5 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written German, the 5,583rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rasen is a German verb meaning “to race; to speed (drive faster than permitted)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Rasen is a different word: “lawn”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich (übermäßig) schnell bewegen”.
What does rasen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to race; to speed (drive faster than permitted)
- 2
to rage
noun
- 1
masculinelawn
- 2
masculineturf
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. gepflegte, meist kurz geschorene Grasfläche 2. Schutzzone in der Video- beziehungsweise Tontechnik
noun: 1. sehr schnelles Fahren
verb: 1. sich (übermäßig) schnell bewegen 2. sehr stark wüten; sich hoch emotional/heftig verhalten und lautstark gebärden
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 rasen
- Rasens genitive
- rast present singular third-person
- raste past
- gerast participle past
- haben auxiliary
- sein auxiliary
- haben or sein auxiliary
- rasend participle present
- rase first-person indicative present
- rasest second-person singular subjunctive
- raset plural second-person subjunctive
- rasten first-person indicative plural
- rastest indicative preterite second-person
- rastet indicative plural preterite
- ras imperative second-person singular
- ras! imperative singular
- rase! imperative singular
- rast! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to rasen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rasen in German?
rasen appears 13 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).