Randale

German

Etymology

Originally plural of now obsolete Randal m (“noise, tumult”), humorous pseudo-Latin formation from dialectal Rand (“noise, ballyhoo”), to rhyme with Skandal (“scandal”), perhaps also Vandal(e) (“vandal”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁanˈdaːlə/

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• Rhymes: -aːlə
• Hyphenation: Ran‧da‧le

Noun

Randale f (genitive Randale, plural Randale)

1. tumult; riot (loud and unrestrained behaviour by one or more people, often with property damage, sometimes also bodily harm)

   Synonyms: Aufruhr, Ausschreitung, Krawall, Tumult

Declension

Declension of Randale [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Randale	die	Randale
genitive	einer	der	Randale	der	Randale
dative	einer	der	Randale	den	Randalen
accusative	eine	die	Randale	die	Randale

Derived terms

• randalieren

Further reading

• “Randale” in Duden online
• “Randale” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• Randale on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de