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Rad

wheel

noun RAAT Less Common
Travel & Places Transportation

Also means

bicycle

Usage Note

Rad means both 'wheel' and, colloquially, 'bicycle' (short for Fahrrad); you fahren Rad ('ride a bike'). A gymnast doing a cartwheel schlägt ein Rad, and a show-off dreht am Rad ('goes crazy') in slang.

Examples

"Ich fahre mit dem Rad zur Arbeit."

Natural Translation

I ride my bike to work.

Literal Translation

I travel with the bike to-the work.

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