Ratsche

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German

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Etymology 1

From the verb ratschen (long a), from Middle High German ratzen (to clatter).[1]

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁaːtʃə/
  • Audio (Austria):(file)

Noun

Ratsche f (genitive Ratsche, plural Ratschen)

  1. socket wrench
  2. (music) ratchet
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Etymology 2

From the verb ratschen (short a).

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Pronunciation

Noun

Ratsche f (genitive Ratsche, plural Ratschen)

  1. (informal) a small cut, e.g. in one's skin or clothes
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Declension

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References

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

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