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.

• 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, gerade, from Old High German gihradi. Though Orel considers the word etymologically related to the "now, just" sense of Etymology 1,^[1] Pfeifer notes that the h in the Old High German and other related forms instead suggests a relation to Proto-Germanic *hradaz (DWDS).

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]

• 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