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]
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
- Abteilungsrat
- Ältestenrat
- Amtsrat
- Aufsichtsrat
- Beirat
- Betriebsrat
- Bezirksrat
- Bundesrat
- Departementsrat
- Dorfrat
- Europarat
- Fakultätsrat
- Frauenrat
- Friedensrat
- Geheimrat
- Gemeinderat
- Gerichtsrat
- Hausrat
- Hofrat
- Hofrath
- Justizrat
- Kriegsrat
- Krisenrat
- Kronrat
- Länderrat
- Landgerichtsrat
- Landrat
- Lenkungsrat
- Militärrat
- Ministerrat
- Mitgliederrat
- Oberrat
- Ortsrat
- Personalrat
- Provinzrat
- Räterepublik
- Räteversammlung
- Ratgeber
- Rathaus
- Ratsabstimmung
- Ratsausschuss
- Ratsbeschluss
- Ratsherr
- Ratskeller
- Ratsmehrheit
- Ratsmitglied
- Ratspräsident
- Ratstreffen
- Ratsversammlung
- Ratsvorsitz
- Ratsvorsitzender
- Rechtsrat
- Reichsrat
- Revolutionsrat
- Sachverständigenrat
- Schulrat
- Staatsrat
- Stadtrat
- Ständerat
- Stiftungsrat
- Unternehmensrat
- Verwaltungsrat
- Weiberrat
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
- lb:Rodents