rauen
German, adjective[ˈʁaʊ̯ən]
rauen is spelled R-A-U-E-N (5 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written German, the 26,796th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rauen is a German masculine adjective meaning “strong genitive masculine/neuter singular” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does rauen mean in English?
adjective
- 1
masculineneuterstrong genitive masculine/neuter singular
- 2
weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular
- 3
masculinestrong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular
- 4
strong dative plural
- 5
weak/mixed all-case plural
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. eine (glatte) Oberfläche rau machen
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 rauen
- rauhen obsolete
- raue present
- raust present
- raut present
- raute past
- raue! imperative singular
- raut! imperative plural
- geraut participle-2 perfect
- haben auxiliary perfect
- geraut haben active infinitive perfect
- geraut werden processual-passive infinitive present
- geraut worden sein processual-passive infinitive perfect
- geraut sein statal-passive infinitive present
- geraut gewesen sein statal-passive infinitive perfect
- zu rauen active extended infinitive
- geraut zu haben active extended infinitive
- geraut zu werden processual-passive extended infinitive
- geraut worden zu sein processual-passive extended infinitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rauen?
- [ˈʁaʊ̯ən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to rauen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rauen in German?
rauen 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).