Polyglot Dictionary

Rad

/ʁaːt/

das noun A2

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Räder
genitive
des Rades

Meaning

  1. wheel

    • Das Rad ist kaputt.

      The wheel is broken.

  2. bike (short for Fahrrad, colloquial)

    spoken

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Reifen

A Reifen is specifically the rubber tyre wrapped around the outside. Rad is the whole wheel assembly, tyre included.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

rueda

rueda is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "wheel."

French

roue

roue is the French word for the same thing — both mean "wheel."

Practice

1 What does Rad mean?

2 Fill the gap: Das ___ ist kaputt.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Rad?

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