Ratte
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English
Noun
Ratte (plural Rattes)
- Alternative form of ratte (“kind of potato”)
Anagrams
German
Etymology
From Middle High German ratte, from Old High German ratta, rato, from Proto-West Germanic *ratt, from Proto-Germanic *rattaz (“rat”); see that entry and English rat for more. Compare also Dutch rat, Swedish råtta, French rat.
The consonantism ratta in Old High German (instead of *razza) is unexplained. One possible explanation is that the form was borrowed from Old Saxon ratta. The dialectal German variant Ratz could be reflective of an inherited Proto-Germanic form, an adaptation of the Old Saxon form, or (perhaps most likely) a later expressive derivative.
Pronunciation
Noun
Ratte f (genitive Ratte, plural Ratten, diminutive Rättchen n, feminine Rättin)
Declension
Declension of Ratte
Related terms
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013) “ratta”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
Further reading
- “Ratte” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Ratte” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Ratte” in Duden online
Ratte on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
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Pronunciation
Noun
Ratte f