Rah

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German

die Rahen eines Segelschiffs – the yards of a sailing ship

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Etymology

In the nautical sense (17th c.) from Middle Low German , raa, from Proto-Germanic *rahō, *raihô.

The spellings in -h, -he may have been influenced by dialectal continuations of cognate Middle High German rahe (pole, bar), from Old High German raha; though the insertion of -h- in hiatus or at the end of a vocalic stem is also a general practice in German orthography. Further cognate with Dutch ra, Old Norse .

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /raː/,
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  • Homophone: rar (many speakers)

Noun

Rah f (genitive Rah, plural Rahen)

  1. (nautical) yard (horizontal spar on the mast of a sailing ship)

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Further reading

  • Rah” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • Rah” in Duden online