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