rd.
German, adverb[…]
rd. is spelled R-D (2 letters) and appears 3.0 times per million words in written German, the 18,198th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rd. is a German adverb meaning “abbreviation of rund (approximately)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does rd. mean in English?
adverb
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abbreviation of rund (approximately)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
abbreviation: 1. reduziert 2. rund
abbreviation: 1. Abkürzung für Regierungsdirektor
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce rd.?
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Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is rd. in German?
rd. appears 3.0 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).