Rechen

See also: rechen

German

Etymology

From Middle High German rëche, Old High German rëhkho. Cognate with Middle Dutch rake, Old Norse reka (“rake”), Old English racu, Dutch reek (“rake”), English rake, Gothic 𐍂𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌽 (rikan, “to heap up, collect”). From Proto-Germanic *rakō, *rekô (“rake”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʁɛçən/ (Germany, Switzerland)

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• IPA^(key): /ˈʁeːçɛn/, /ˈʁeːçŋ̩/ (Austria)
• Homophone: rächen
• Hyphenation: Re‧chen

Noun

Rechen m (strong, genitive Rechens, plural Rechen)

1. (chiefly Southern Germany, Austria, Switzerland) rake

   Synonym: (chiefly northern and central Germany) Harke

Declension

Declension of Rechen [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Rechen	die	Rechen
genitive	eines	des	Rechens	der	Rechen
dative	einem	dem	Rechen	den	Rechen
accusative	einen	den	Rechen	die	Rechen

Noun

Rechen n (strong, genitive Rechens, no plural)

1. gerund of rechen: "raking"

Declension

Declension of Rechen [sg-only, neuter, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Rechen
genitive	eines	des	Rechens
dative	einem	dem	Rechen
accusative	ein	das	Rechen

Derived terms

• Laubrechen

Related terms

• rechen
• Recht
• recht
• recken
• richten

Further reading

• “Rechen”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)
• “Rechen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Rechen” in Duden online
• “Rechen” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.