gerade

• grade, grad (colloquial, only for the adverb)
• gerad (obsolete)

• IPA^(key): /ɡəˈraːdə/ (standard)
• IPA^(key): /ˈɡraːdə/ (more commonly)

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• Rhymes: -aːdə

From Middle High German gerat, from Old High German girat, equivalent to ge- + the root of Rad (“wheel”).

gerade (strong nominative masculine singular gerader, not comparable)

1. (of a number) even

   Zahlen, die durch zwei teilbar sind, heißen gerade Zahlen.

   Numbers divisible by two are called even numbers.

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• fünfe gerade sein lassen

gerade

1. now, at the moment

   Ich bin gerade in der Küche.

   I'm in the kitchen right now.

2. just, a short while ago

   Ich war gerade in der Küche.

   I was just in the kitchen.

3. just, only, not more than

   Ich habe gerade mal fünf Euro.

   I only have five euro.

4. exactly

   Das ist gerade das Problem.

   That is exactly the problem.

5. expresses the continuous aspect

   Ich sehe mir das gerade an.

   I am watching that.

From Middle High German gerat, Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Old High German gihradi.

gerade (strong nominative masculine singular gerader, comparative gerader, superlative am geradesten)

1. straight

   eine gerade Straße

   a straight street [i.e., one without any turns]

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• Gerade
• geradeaus
• geradezu
• kerzengerade

• “gerade (teilbar)” in Duden online
• “gerade (soeben, direkt, knapp)” in Duden online
• “gerade (ausgerechnet)” in Duden online
• “gerade” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache