German edit

Etymology edit

From Middle High German rëche, Old High German rëhkho. Cognate with Middle Dutch rake, Old Norse reka (rake), Old English racu, Dutch reek (rake), English rake, Gothic 𐍂𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌽 (rikan, to heap up, collect).[1] From Proto-Germanic *rakō, *rekô (rake).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈʁɛçən/
  • (file)

Noun edit

Rechen m (strong, genitive Rechens, plural Rechen)

  1. (chiefly Southern Germany, Austria, Switzerland) rake
    Synonym: (chiefly northern and central Germany) Harke

Declension edit

References edit

  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Rechen”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

Further reading edit

  • Rechen” in Duden online
  • Rechen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache