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German
Etymology
17th century, from French raser, from Old French raser, from Vulgar Latin *rāsāre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁaˈziːʁən/, , ,
- Hyphenation: ra‧sie‧ren
- Rhymes: -iːʁən
Verb
rasieren (weak, third-person singular present rasiert, past tense rasierte, past participle rasiert, auxiliary haben)
- to shave
- Synonyms: (dated) scheren, (archaic) barbieren
- Er rasiert sich. ― He shaves (himself).
- Sie rasiert sich die Beine. ― She shaves her legs.
- (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.
- (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.
- (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.
Conjugation
Conjugation of
rasieren (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of
rasieren (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “rasieren” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “rasieren” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “rasieren” in Duden online
- “rasieren” in OpenThesaurus.de