ratte
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English
Alternative forms
Noun
ratte (plural rattes)
Anagrams
Italian
Pronunciation
Adjective
ratte
Latin
Noun
ratte
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch *rato, *roto, from Frankish *ratt, *rato, from Proto-Germanic *rattaz (“rat”). Related to Old High German rato.
Noun
ratte f
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
Further reading
- “ratte”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “ratte”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old English ræt (possibly alongside a collateral form *ratta), from Proto-West Germanic *ratt, *ratō, from Proto-Germanic *rattaz.
Pronunciation
Noun
ratte (plural rattes)
Descendants
- English: rat
References
- “rat, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-12-14.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From the noun ratt (“steering wheel”).
Verb
ratte (imperative ratt, present tense ratter, passive rattes, simple past and past participle ratta or rattet, present participle rattende)
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References
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From the noun ratt (“steering wheel”).
Verb
ratte (present tense rattar, past tense ratta, past participle ratta, passive infinitive rattast, present participle rattande, imperative ratte/ratt)
Alternative forms
Synonyms
References
- “ratte” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.