Schrat

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Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German schrat, from Old High German scrato, from Proto-Germanic *skrattuz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃʁaːt/
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  • Hyphenation: Schrat

Noun

Schrat m (strong, genitive Schrates or Schrats, plural Schrate, diminutive Schrätchen n)

  1. (folklore) bugbear, leshy (male woodland spirit)
    • 1852, Johann Wilhelm Wolf, “Einzelne elbische Wesen”, in Die deutsche Götterlehre , page 59:
      Ihm verwandt ist der Schrat, (ahd. Scrat) ein wilder, zottiger, rauher Waldgeist dem römischen Faun und Silvanus, dem griechischen Satyr vergleichbar. Er kommt nur männlich vor und einzeln lebend, wodurch er sich von den besonders im Südosten Deutschlands bekannten Waldleuten, Holzleutchen oder Moosleutchen unterscheidet, die wohl auch mitunter einzeln erscheinen, jedoch meist als ein zusammen hausendes zwergartiges Völkchen.
      Related to him is the bugbear (OHG. Scrat), a wild, shaggy, rough forest spirit comparable to the Roman faun and Silvanus or the Greek satyr. He only appears as a male living alone, which differentiates him from the forest folk especially well-known in southeastern Germany, the Wood People or Moss People, who also occasionally appear singly, however mostly as a dwarfish people dwelling together.

Declension

Declension of Schrat
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Schrat die Schrate
genitive eines des Schrates, Schrats der Schrate
dative einem dem Schrat, Schrate1 den Schraten
accusative einen den Schrat die Schrate

1Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

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