Rayon
German, noun/rɛˈjɔ̃/
Rayon is spelled R-A-Y-O-N (5 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 90,067th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rayon is a German masculine noun meaning “domain, sector, district, precinct (area for which one is responsible)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Abteilung, Einheit, Verwaltungsabschnitt, für den eine Person zuständig ist”.
What does Rayon mean in English?
noun
- 1
AustriaSwitzerlandmasculinedomain, sector, district, precinct (area for which one is responsible)
- 2
masculinealternative spelling of Rajon (“raion, administrative unit”)
noun
- 1
Switzerlandneuterdepartment of a store
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Abteilung, Einheit, Verwaltungsabschnitt, für den eine Person zuständig ist
noun: 1. Abteilung in einem Warenhaus
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 Rayon
- Rayons genitive
- Rayone plural
- Rayonen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Rayon?
- /rɛˈjɔ̃/
- [ʁɛˈjɔ̃ː]
- [ʁe-]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Rayon in German?
Rayon appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).