rauschen
German, verb
rauschen is spelled R-A-U-S-C-H-E-N (8 letters) and appears 4.4 times per million words in written German, the 13,580th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rauschen is a German verb meaning “to rustle, crackle, whiz, fizz (make a continuous sound, e.g. of foliage in the wind, waves at shore, a radio without reception)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Rauschen is a different word: “a murmur”. On this page, Räuschen is a different word: “dative plural of Rausch”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein gleichförmiges Geräusch machen”.
What does rauschen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to rustle, crackle, whiz, fizz (make a continuous sound, e.g. of foliage in the wind, waves at shore, a radio without reception)
- 2
to move while making such a sound, to rush, sweep
- 3
to rush, race, storm (move quickly regardless of the sound)
noun
- 1
neutera murmur
- 2
neuternoise
- 3
neutersough
- 4
neuterwhoosh
- 5
neuterrustle
noun
- 1
masculinedative plural of Rausch
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. unregelmäßiges akustisches Signal aus unendlich vielen Teilschwingungen
verb: 1. ein gleichförmiges Geräusch machen 2. sich mit rauschendem Geräusch vorwärtsbewegen 3. einen Ort (plötzlich) verlassen 4. brünstig sein
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 rauschen
- Rauschens genitive
- rauscht present singular third-person
- rauschte past
- gerauscht participle past
- haben auxiliary
- sein auxiliary
- haben or sein auxiliary
- rauschend participle present
- rausche first-person indicative present
- rauschst indicative present second-person
- rauschest second-person singular subjunctive
- rauschet plural second-person subjunctive
- rauschten first-person indicative plural
- rauschtest indicative preterite second-person
- rauschtet indicative plural preterite
- rausche! imperative singular
- rauscht! imperative plural
- gerauscht haben auxiliary active infinitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to rauschen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rauschen in German?
rauschen appears 4.4 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).