Ratze

Alemannic German

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian razza (“race; kind; descent”), perhaps from Old French haraz (“troop of horses”).

Noun

Ratze f

1. (Uri) race (large group of people with common heritage and physical characteristics)

References

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 52.