Ratsche

See also: rätsche

German

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms
  • Rätsche

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

Noun

Ratsche f (genitive Ratsche, plural Ratschen)

  1. socket wrench
  2. (music) ratchet
Synonyms

Etymology 2

From the verb ratschen (short a).

Alternative forms
  • Ratsch m
  • Ratscher m

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʁatʃə/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

Ratsche f (genitive Ratsche, plural Ratschen)

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

Declension
Declension of Ratsche
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Ratsche die Ratschen
genitive einer der Ratsche der Ratschen
dative einer der Ratsche den Ratschen
accusative eine die Ratsche die Ratschen

References
  1. Ratsche in Kluge's Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, 1891

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