raus
German, adverb/ʁaʊ̯s/
raus is spelled R-A-U-S (4 letters) and appears 155 times per million words in written German, the 561st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Raus is a German adverb meaning “out, out of there, outta there” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “schnell gesprochenes, in flüssiger Rede und umgangssprachlich und in vielen Dialekten auftauchendes heraus…”.
What does raus mean in English?
adverb
- 1
colloquialout, out of there, outta there
Er kommt jetzt raus.
- 2
colloquialout, out of here, outta here
Er geht raus zu den andern.
interjection
- 1
colloquialget out!
prefix
- 1
A prefix, conveying a movement out of something.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. schnell gesprochenes, in flüssiger Rede und umgangssprachlich und in vielen Dialekten auftauchendes heraus oder hinaus
prefix: 1. umgangssprachlich verkürzt heraus-: 2. von drinnen nach draußen 3. bezeichnet in Zusammensetzungen mit Verben die Gewinnung, das Erarbeiten einer bestimmten Erkenntnis aus etwas 4. umgangssprachlich verkürzt hinaus-:
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 raus
- raus! canonical
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce raus?
- /ʁaʊ̯s/
- [ʁaʊ̯s]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to raus
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is raus in German?
raus appears 155 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).