Rat

See also: rat, rất, rät, and råt

English

Proper noun

Rat

The first of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar.

Anagrams

'art, ART, ATR, Art, RTA, Tar, art, art., tar

German

Alternative forms

Rath (obsolete)
Raht (obsolete; in use from the 16th to the end of the 18th century, uncommon in the 19th century, officially proscribed since 1902)

Etymology

From Old High German rāt, from Proto-Germanic *rēdaz. Cognate with Dutch raad, English rede.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʀaːt/
Rhymes: -aːt
Homophone: Rad (according to the standard pronunciation of that word)

Noun

Rat m (genitive Rats or Rates, plural Räte)

Declension

Declension of Rat

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Rat	die	Räte
genitive	eines	des	Rates, Rats	der	Räte
dative	einem	dem	Rat, Rate¹	den	Räten
accusative	einen	den	Rat	die	Räte

¹Now uncommon, see notes

Derived terms

Betriebsrat m
Geheimrat
Hofrat, Hofrath
ratlos
ratsam
Rathaus
Ratskeller
Weiberrat

Further reading

Rat in Duden online

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German rato, from Proto-Germanic *rattaz. Cognate with German Ratte, Dutch rat, English rat, Icelandic rotta.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʀaːt/
Rhymes: -aːt
Homophone: Rad

Noun

Rat m, f (plural Raten)

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