rasieren

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German

Etymology

17th century, from French raser, from Old French raser, from Vulgar Latin *rāsāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁaˈziːʁən/, , ,
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  • Hyphenation: ra‧sie‧ren
  • Rhymes: -iːʁən

Verb

rasieren (weak, third-person singular present rasiert, past tense rasierte, past participle rasiert, auxiliary haben)

  1. to shave
    Synonyms: (dated) scheren, (archaic) barbieren
    Er rasiert sich.He shaves (himself).
    Sie rasiert sich die Beine.She shaves her legs.
  2. (informal, fairly rare) to discontinue in order to reduce spending etc., to cut back
    Synonyms: abschaffen, einstampfen, kassieren
    Das Amt hat die Förderung rasiert.The agency has discontinued the sponsorship.
    Die Hälfte der Abteilungen wurde rasiert.Half of the departments were abolished.
  3. (military, dated) to raze, demolish, utterly destroy
    Synonym: schleifen
    Nach ihrer Einnahme wurden die feindlichen Festungsanlagen rasiert.
    After their capture, the enemy fortifications were entirely demolished.
  4. (slang, transitive, intransitive) to be manifestly successful (against), to duppy, to kick (someone's) ass.
    Ich hab ihn gestern beim Spiel rasiert.
    I have duppied him yesterday in the game.
    Ihr müsst zugeben, dass diese Marke mit der Kollektion rasiert hat.
    Allow it, this brand has gone hard with this collection.

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Further reading

  • rasieren” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • rasieren” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • rasieren” in Duden online
  • rasieren” in OpenThesaurus.de