rasieren
German
Etymology
17th century, from French raser, from Old French raser, from Vulgar Latin *rāsāre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁaˈziːʁən/, [ʁaˈziːʁən], [-ˈziːɐ̯n]
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: ra‧sie‧ren
- Rhymes: -iːʁən
Verb
rasieren (weak, third-person singular present rasiert, past tense rasierte, past participle rasiert, auxiliary haben)
- to shave
- (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
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Derived terms
Derived terms
- abrasieren
- glatt rasieren
- Rasierapparat
- Rasierer
- Rasierklinge
- Rasierpinsel
- Rasierschaum
Related terms
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