Rat
See also: Appendix:Variations of "rat"
English
Proper noun
Rat
- The first of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar.
See also
- (Chinese zodiac signs) (year of the ~) Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, Pig (Category: en:Chinese zodiac signs)
Anagrams
German
Alternative forms
- Rath, Raht (both obsolete, Rath standard until 1902)
Etymology
From Middle High German rāt, from Old High German rāt, from Proto-West Germanic *rād, from Proto-Germanic *rēdaz.
Cognate with Dutch raad, English rede and read (noun).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /raːt/, [ʁaːt]
Audio (Germany (Berlin)): (file) - Rhymes: -aːt
- Homophone: Rad (standard; in practice especially southern)
Noun
Rat m (strong, genitive Rates or Rats, plural Räte)
- advice, counsel
- council
- councilor, councillor
- (Germany) title of a Beamter ("Public servant") at the beginning of the senior service
- (Austria) title of a Beamter ("Public servant") in the senior service after first promotion
Usage notes
- (title): The title is always preceded by a prefix. The common prefix for civil servants in the administration is Regierungs- ("in government administration"), in which case the full title is Regierungsrat. Teachers hold the title of a Studienrat (Educational councilor).
- In terms of hierarchy, Räte are comparable to a Major or a Korvettenkapitän (Lieutenant Commander).
Declension
Declension of Rat [masculine, strong]
Hyponyms
- Abteilungsrat
- Ältestenrat
- Amtsrat
- Aufsichtsrat
- Beirat
- Betriebsrat
- Bezirksrat
- Bundesrat
- Departementsrat
- Dorfrat
- Europarat
- Fakultätsrat
- Finanzrat
- Frauenrat
- Friedensrat
- Geheimrat
- Gemeinderat
- Gerichtsrat
- Hausrat
- Hofrat
- Hofrath
- Justizrat
- Kriegsrat
- Krisenrat
- Kronrat
- Länderrat
- Landgerichtsrat
- Landrat
- Lenkungsrat
- Militärrat
- Ministerrat
- Mitgliederrat
- Oberrat
- Ortsrat
- Personalrat
- Provinzrat
- Rechtsrat
- Reichsrat
- Revolutionsrat
- Sachverständigenrat
- Schulrat
- Staatsrat
- Stadtrat
- Ständerat
- Stiftungsrat
- Unternehmensrat
- Verwaltungsrat
- Weiberrat
Derived terms
Related terms
- Räterepublik
- Räteversammlung
- Ratgeber
- Rathaus
- Ratsabstimmung
- Ratsausschuss
- Ratsbeschluss
- Ratsfrau
- Ratsherr
- Ratskeller
- Ratsmehrheit
- Ratsmitglied
- Ratspräsident
- Ratstreffen
- Ratsversammlung
- Ratsvorsitz
- Ratsvorsitzender
Further reading
- “Rat”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache[1] (in German)
- “Rat” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Rat” in Duden online
- Rat on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
- “Rat” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- Beamter on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Regierungsrat (Deutschland) on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
- Amtstitel on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
Luxembourgish
Etymology
From Middle High German ratte, from Old High German ratta, perhaps from Proto-West Germanic *ratt, from Proto-Germanic *rattaz, though the consonantism in High German is unexplained.
Cognate with German Ratte, Dutch rat, English rat, Icelandic rotta.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /raːt/, [ʀaːt]
- Rhymes: -aːt
- Homophone: Rad
Noun
Rat m or f (plural Raten)