radish
das Radieschen, die Radieschen
Loading your saved state.
radish
A small, usually round root vegetable with red skin and a white interior, with a slightly peppery taste, usually eaten raw. The plant that produces this root is also called a radish.
Für den Salat schneide ich die Radieschen in dünne Scheiben.
For the salad, I cut the radishes into thin slices.
to push up daisies
Informal and humorous: to be dead and buried.
Bis diese Straße endlich fertig ist, sehe ich mir längst die Radieschen von unten an.
By the time this road is finally finished, I'll have been pushing up daisies for ages.
| gender | neuter das |
|---|---|
| plural | die Radieschen |
| genitive | des Radieschens |
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | das Radieschen | die Radieschen |
| accusative | das Radieschen | die Radieschen |
| dative | dem Radieschen | den Radieschen |
| genitive | des Radieschens | der Radieschen |
The article changes with the case; it is shown in colour.
Typical phrases in recipes are 'Radieschen putzen' (to trim and clean radishes), 'Radieschen in Scheiben schneiden' (to slice radishes), and 'Radieschen vierteln' (to quarter radishes). Trimming and cleaning mainly involves removing the leaves and the thin root.
Putze die Radieschen und viertle sie für den Salat.
Trim and clean the radishes and quarter them for the salad.
In gardening, 'Radieschen säen' (to sow radishes) and 'Radieschen ernten' (to harvest radishes) are typical phrases. 'säen' (to sow) refers to scattering or planting the seeds, while 'ernten' (to harvest) refers to pulling up the fully grown roots.
Wir säen im Frühjahr Radieschen und ernten sie einige Wochen später.
We sow radishes in spring and harvest them a few weeks later.
Learn the expression as a whole: 'sich die Radieschen von unten ansehen' (to push up daisies; literally, to look at the radishes from below). The reflexive pronoun is in the dative, for example 'mir', 'dir', or 'sich'; 'die Radieschen' (the radishes) is the accusative object.
Wenn ihr meinen hundertsten Geburtstag feiert, sehe ich mir wahrscheinlich schon die Radieschen von unten an.
When you celebrate my hundredth birthday, I'll probably already be pushing up daisies.
