strahlen
German, verb
strahlen is spelled S-T-R-A-H-L-E-N (8 letters) and appears 7.9 times per million words in written German, the 8,529th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Strahlen is a German verb meaning “to shine, to beam” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an umlaut, strählen is a different word: “to mock, to heckle”. With a capital, Strahlen is a different word: “plural of Strahl”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “elektromagnetische oder radioaktive Strahlung emittieren oder reflektieren”.
What does strahlen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to shine, to beam
Du strahlst vor Freude.
- 2
to radiate
- 3
to smile in a big way
verb
- 1
archaicto comb, to brush
- 2
to mock, to heckle
noun
- 1
plural of Strahl
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. elektromagnetische oder radioaktive Strahlung emittieren oder reflektieren 2. einen glücklichen, erfreuten Gesichtsausdruck haben
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 strahlen
- strahlt present singular third-person
- strahlte past
- gestrahlt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- strahlend participle present
- strahle first-person indicative present
- strahlst indicative present second-person
- strahlest second-person singular subjunctive
- strahlet plural second-person subjunctive
- strahlten first-person indicative plural
- strahltest indicative preterite second-person
- strahltet indicative plural preterite
- strahl imperative second-person singular
- habe gestrahlt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben gestrahlt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- strahl! imperative singular
- strahlt! imperative plural
- gestrahlt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to strahlen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is strahlen in German?
strahlen appears 7.9 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).