Ratze

Alemannic German

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian razza (“race; kind; descent”), perhaps from Old French haraz (“troop of horses”).

Noun

Ratze f

(Uri) race (large group of people with common heritage and physical characteristics)

References

Abegg, Emil (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & co., page 52.

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