A radiation-emitting device includes a substrate; and at least one layer sequence arranged on the substrate that generates electromagnetic radiation, including at least one first electrode area, at least one second electrode area, and at least one functional layer between the first electrode area and the second electrode area, wherein the functional layer generates electromagnetic radiation in a switched-on operating state, and at least one removal region is arranged between at least two points of the first electrode area conductively connected to one another by the first electrode area, the first electrode area being at least partly removed in the at least one removal region.