Rauch

See also: rauch

English

Etymology

Possibly from German Rauch ("smoke, fume")?

Proper noun

Rauch

1. A surname.

Anagrams

• chaur, ruach

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German rouch, from Old High German rouh, from Proto-West Germanic *rauki, from Proto-Germanic *raukiz.

Compare Low German Röök, Dutch rook, English reek, Danish røg, Swedish rök. See also riechen, from a related root.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁaʊ̯x/

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Noun

Rauch m (strong, genitive Rauches or Rauchs, plural Rauche)

1. smoke, fume

   Synonyms: Qualm, Schmauch

Declension

Declension of Rauch [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Rauch	die	Rauche
genitive	eines	des	Rauches, Rauchs	der	Rauche
dative	einem	dem	Rauch, Rauche1	den	Rauchen
accusative	einen	den	Rauch	die	Rauche

¹Now uncommon, see notes.

Related terms

• Erdrauch
• rauchblau
• rauchen
• Raucher
• räuchern

Proper noun

Rauch m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Rauchs or (with an article) Rauch, feminine genitive Rauch, plural Rauchs)

1. a surname

Further reading

• “Rauch” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Rauch” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Rauch” in Duden online
• Rauch on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• “Rauch” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.