Rabatz

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German

Etymology

Deverbal from rabatzen, now obsolete in favour of Rabatz machen, from Polish rąbać, alternatively or concurrently dialectal rabanzen, rabastern etc. from old ranzen, ratzen going back to Middle High German and ultimately related to onomatopoeic formations such as well-known ratschen and rasseln.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁaˈbat͡s/
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Noun

Rabatz m (strong, genitive Rabatzes, plural Rabatze)

  1. (colloquial) brouhaha, ruckus
    Near-synonyms: Aufruhr, Tumult, Donnerwetter

Declension

Declension of Rabatz
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Rabatz die Rabatze
genitive eines des Rabatzes der Rabatze
dative einem dem Rabatz, Rabatze1 den Rabatzen
accusative einen den Rabatz die Rabatze

1Now rare, see notes.

Further reading

  • “Rabatz” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Rabatz” in Duden online
  • “Rabatz” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
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