Rat
English edit
Proper noun edit
Rat
- The first of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar.
See also edit
- (Chinese zodiac signs) Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, Pig (Category: en:Chinese zodiac signs)
Anagrams edit
German edit
Alternative forms edit
- 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 edit
From Middle High German rāt, from Old High German rāt, from Proto-West Germanic *rād, from Proto-Germanic *rēdaz.
Cognate with Dutch raad, English rede and read (n.)
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ʁaːt/, [ʁaːtʰ]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -aːt
- Homophone: Rad (according to the standard pronunciation of that word)
Noun edit
Rat m (strong, genitive Rates or Rats, plural Räte)
- advice, counsel
- council
- councilor, councillor
- (Germany) title of a Beamter ("Public servant") at the beginning of the senior service
- (Austria) title of a Beamter ("Public servant") in the senior service after first promotion
Usage notes edit
(4) The title is always preceded by a prefix. The common prefix for civil servants in the administration is Regierungs- ("in government administration"), in which case the full title is Regierungsrat. Teachers hold the title of a Studienrat (Educational councilor).
In terms of hierarchy, the Räte are comparable to a Major or a Korvettenkapitän (Lieutenant Commander).
Declension edit
Hyponyms edit
- Abteilungsrat
- Ältestenrat
- Amtsrat
- Aufsichtsrat
- Beirat
- Betriebsrat
- Bezirksrat
- Bundesrat
- Departementsrat
- Dorfrat
- Europarat
- Fakultätsrat
- Finanzrat
- Frauenrat
- Friedensrat
- Geheimrat
- Gemeinderat
- Gerichtsrat
- Hausrat
- Hofrat
- Hofrath
- Justizrat
- Kriegsrat
- Krisenrat
- Kronrat
- Länderrat
- Landgerichtsrat
- Landrat
- Lenkungsrat
- Militärrat
- Ministerrat
- Mitgliederrat
- Oberrat
- Ortsrat
- Personalrat
- Provinzrat
- Rechtsrat
- Reichsrat
- Revolutionsrat
- Sachverständigenrat
- Schulrat
- Staatsrat
- Stadtrat
- Ständerat
- Stiftungsrat
- Unternehmensrat
- Verwaltungsrat
- Weiberrat
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “Rat” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Rat” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Rat” in Duden online
- Rat on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
- “Rat” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- Beamter on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Regierungsrat (Deutschland) on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
- Amtstitel on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
Luxembourgish edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German ratte, from Old High German ratta, perhaps from Proto-West Germanic *ratt, from Proto-Germanic *rattaz, though the consonantism in High German is unexplained.
Cognate with German Ratte, Dutch rat, English rat, Icelandic rotta.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Rat m or f (plural Raten)
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Chinese zodiac signs
- German terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- German terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *Hreh₁dʰ-
- German terms inherited from Middle High German
- German terms derived from Middle High German
- German terms inherited from Old High German
- German terms derived from Old High German
- German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- German terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- German 1-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with audio links
- Rhymes:German/aːt
- Rhymes:German/aːt/1 syllable
- German terms with homophones
- German lemmas
- German nouns
- German masculine nouns
- German German
- Austrian German
- Luxembourgish terms inherited from Middle High German
- Luxembourgish terms derived from Middle High German
- Luxembourgish terms inherited from Old High German
- Luxembourgish terms derived from Old High German
- Luxembourgish terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Luxembourgish terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Luxembourgish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Luxembourgish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Luxembourgish 1-syllable words
- Luxembourgish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Luxembourgish/aːt
- Rhymes:Luxembourgish/aːt/1 syllable
- Luxembourgish terms with homophones
- Luxembourgish lemmas
- Luxembourgish nouns
- Luxembourgish masculine nouns
- Luxembourgish feminine nouns
- Luxembourgish nouns with multiple genders
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