Ratsche

See also: ratsche and 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)
  • Rhymes: -at͡ʃə

Noun

Ratsche f (genitive Ratsche, plural Ratschen)

  1. socket wrench
  2. (music) ratchet
Declension
Declension of Ratsche [feminine]
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
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
    Synonym: Schnitt
Declension
Declension of Ratsche [feminine]
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. Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Ratsche”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

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