Noun: Ratte
Gender: Feminine
Hyphenation:
Nominative
Indefinite
| Singular | eine Ratte |
| Plural | Ratten |
Definite
| Singular | die Ratte |
| Plural | die Ratten |
Genitive
Indefinite
| Singular | einer Ratte |
| Plural | Ratten |
Definite
| Singular | der Ratte |
| Plural | der Ratten |
Dative
Indefinite
| Singular | einer Ratte |
| Plural | Ratten |
Definite
| Singular | der Ratte |
| Plural | den Ratten |
Accusative
Indefinite
| Singular | eine Ratte |
| Plural | Ratten |
Definite
| Singular | die Ratte |
| Plural | die Ratten |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like Ratte
Teetasse,
Hemmschwelle,
Türangel,
Entspannungspause,
Umgehungsstraße,
Schuppenflechte,
Glasplatte,
Türfalle,
Teestube,
Drossel,
Biosynthese,
Briefklammer,
Bandbrasse,
Bandbreite,
Eisscholle,
Bauweise,
Umhängetasche,
Schwester,
K-Frage,
Abflughalle, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. From Middle High German ratte, from Old High German ratta, rato, from Proto-West Germanic *ratt, from Proto-Germanic *rattaz (“rat”); see that entry and English rat for more. Compare also Dutch rat, Swedish råtta, French rat.
2. The consonantism ratta in Old High German (instead of *razza) is unexplained. One possible explanation is that the form was borrowed from Old Saxon ratta. The dialectal German variant Ratz could be reflective of an inherited Proto-Germanic form, an adaptation of the Old Saxon form, or (perhaps most likely) a later expressive derivative. See: Dutch Nouns '
rat', Swedish Nouns '
råtta', French Nouns '
rat'.
Verbs referencing "Ratte"
English Nouns
rat.
Translations