rasant — EN↔DE

rasant /raˈzant/

adjective

1 (informal) (sehr schnell) tremendously fast (informal) ‹car, horse, runner, etc.›; tremendous (informal), lightning attrib. ‹speed, acceleration›; meteoric, lightning attrib. ‹development, progress, growth›; hairy (informal) ‹driving›; (schnittig) racy ‹car, styling›;

in rasantem Tempo, in rasanter Fahrt at a terrific speed (informal)

2 (informal) (schwungvoll) dynamic, lively ‹show›; action-packed, exciting ‹film, story›; (fabelhaft) terrific (informal) ‹film, show, dress, song, etc.›; (rassig) classy (slang) ‹woman›; dashing ‹style, dress›;

eine rasante Kür laufen skate an exciting programme

3 (Physics) (flach) flat ‹trajectory›

adverb

1 (informal) (sehr schnell) at terrific speed (informal); ‹increase› by leaps and bounds;

rasant beschleunigen ‹car› have terrific acceleration (informal); ‹car, driver› accelerate like a mad thing (informal);

rasant gestylt or geschnitten (schnittig) racily styled; with racy lines

2 (informal) (schwungvoll) dashingly; (rassig) stylishly

3 (Physics) (flach)

rasant verlaufen ‹trajectory› be flat