Adjective: rau
Hyphenation:
Strong Declension
(without article)
Nominative
| masculine | rauer |
| feminine | raue |
| neuter | raues |
| plural | raue |
Genitive
| masculine | rauen |
| feminine | rauer |
| neuter | rauen |
| plural | rauer |
Dative
| masculine | rauem |
| feminine | rauer |
| neuter | rauem |
| plural | rauen |
Accusative
| masculine | rauen |
| feminine | raue |
| neuter | raues |
| plural | raue |
Weak Declension
(with definite article)
Nominative
| masculine | der raue |
| feminine | die raue |
| neuter | das raue |
| plural | die rauen |
Genitive
| masculine | des rauen |
| feminine | der rauen |
| neuter | des rauen |
| plural | der rauen |
Dative
| masculine | dem rauen |
| feminine | der rauen |
| neuter | dem rauen |
| plural | den rauen |
Accusative
| masculine | den rauen |
| feminine | die raue |
| neuter | das raue |
| plural | die rauen |
Mixed Declension
(with indefinite article)
Nominative
| masculine | ein rauer |
| feminine | eine raue |
| neuter | ein raues |
| plural | rauen |
Genitive
| masculine | eines rauen |
| feminine | einer rauen |
| neuter | eines rauen |
| plural | rauen |
Dative
| masculine | einem rauen |
| feminine | einer rauen |
| neuter | einem rauen |
| plural | rauen |
Accusative
| masculine | einen rauen |
| feminine | eine raue |
| neuter | ein raues |
| plural | rauen |
Comparison Forms
| Positive | rau |
| Comparative | rauer |
| Superlative | am rauesten; am rausten |
Sample Sentences
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Tiere, die in rauem Klima leben, sind oft klüger als ihre Artgenossen aus gemäßigten Breiten, das legen verschiedene Studien nahe. (Several studies suggest that animals which live in rough climates are often smarter than members of the same species from moderate latitudes.) [2010, Der Spiegel, number 26/2010, page 125:]
Adjectives inflected like rau
schlau,
originalgetreu,
papsttreu,
fangfrisch,
regimetreu,
kontaktscheu,
schmerzfrei,
unwirsch,
himmelblau,
ungenau,
medienscheu,
behämmert,
kopfscheu,
nagelneu,
unkeusch,
sinnfrei,
taufrisch,
einwandfrei,
splitterfrei,
kamerascheu, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)
Etymology
From Middle High German rūch, from Old High German rūh, from Proto-Germanic *rūhwaz. Though etymologically justified, the silent h was abolished in 1996 because rauh was the only word in which it was used after the diphthong -au-. Cognate with Dutch ruig and ruw, English rough (which see). See: Dutch Adjectives '
ruig', English Adjectives '
rough'.
Verbs referencing "rau"
English Adjectives
rough.
Translations