rat – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of rat

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to rat out
Participle: ratted out
Gerund: ratting out

Cognates

See the 3 cognates of rat

Indicative

Present

Irat out
yourat out
he;she;itrats out
werat out
yourat out
theyrat out

Perfect

Ihave ratted out
youhave ratted out
he;she;ithas ratted out
wehave ratted out
youhave ratted out
theyhave ratted out

Past

Iratted out
youratted out
he;she;itratted out
weratted out
youratted out
theyratted out

Pluperfect

Ihad ratted out
youhad ratted out
he;she;ithad ratted out
wehad ratted out
youhad ratted out
theyhad ratted out

Future

Iwill rat out
youwill rat out
he;she;itwill rat out
wewill rat out
youwill rat out
theywill rat out

Future Perfect

Iwill have ratted out
youwill have ratted out
he;she;itwill have ratted out
wewill have ratted out
youwill have ratted out
theywill have ratted out

Subjunctive

Present

Irat out
yourat out
he;she;itrat out
werat out
yourat out
theyrat out

Perfect

Ihave ratted out
youhave ratted out
he;she;ithave ratted out
wehave ratted out
youhave ratted out
theyhave ratted out

Imperfect

Iratted out
youratted out
he;she;itratted out
weratted out
youratted out
theyratted out

Pluperfect

Ihad ratted out
youhad ratted out
he;she;ithad ratted out
wehad ratted out
youhad ratted out
theyhad ratted out

Conditional

Present

Iwould rat out
youwould rat out
he;she;itwould rat out
wewould rat out
youwould rat out
theywould rat out

Perfect

Iwould have ratted out
youwould have ratted out
he;she;itwould have ratted out
wewould have ratted out
youwould have ratted out
theywould have ratted out

Imperative

yourat out
weLet's rat out
yourat out

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam ratting out
youare ratting out
he;she;itis ratting out
weare ratting out
youare ratting out
theyare ratting out

Perfect

Ihave been ratting out
youhave been ratting out
he;she;ithas been ratting out
wehave been ratting out
youhave been ratting out
theyhave been ratting out

Past

Iwas ratting out
youwere ratting out
he;she;itwas ratting out
wewere ratting out
youwere ratting out
theywere ratting out

Pluperfect

Ihad been ratting out
youhad been ratting out
he;she;ithad been ratting out
wehad been ratting out
youhad been ratting out
theyhad been ratting out

Future

Iwill be ratting out
youwill be ratting out
he;she;itwill be ratting out
wewill be ratting out
youwill be ratting out
theywill be ratting out

Future Perfect

Iwill have been ratting out
youwill have been ratting out
he;she;itwill have been ratting out
wewill have been ratting out
youwill have been ratting out
theywill have been ratting out

Conditional

Present

Iwould be ratting out
youwould be ratting out
he;she;itwould be ratting out
wewould be ratting out
youwould be ratting out
theywould be ratting out

Perfect

Iwould have been ratting out
youwould have been ratting out
he;she;itwould have been ratting out
wewould have been ratting out
youwould have been ratting out
theywould have been ratting out

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'rat'

abet, abhor, abut, acquit, admit, affrap, allot, alum, amel, amit, anagram, anvil, apparel, aret, arret, assot, astun, attrap, augur, avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'rat'

bat, cat, drat, eat, fat, gat, hat, lat, mat, pat,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

to betray someone to an authority
bewray, finger, put one's finger on|put the finger on
desert
abandon, abscond, apostatize, betray, forsake, defect, renounce, rebel

Antonyms

desert
stay, remain, abide, continue

Additional Information

Etymology

1. From Middle English raat, rat, ratt, ratte, rotte, from Old English ræt, rætt, from Proto-West Germanic *ratt, from Proto-Germanic *rattaz, *rattō (“rat”), of uncertain origin, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *Hreh₃d- (“to gnaw, scrape, scratch”). However, the rat may have been unknown in Northern Europe in antiquity, and the Proto-Germanic word may have referred to a different animal; see *rattaz for more. Attestation of this family of words begins in the 12th century.
2. Cognates
3. Cognate with North Frisian root (“rat”), Saterland Frisian Rotte (“rat”), West Frisian rôt (“rat”), Dutch rat, rot (“rat”), German Ratte (“rat”), Luxembourgish Rat (“rat”), Vilamovian rot, rott (“rat”), Yiddish ראַץ (rats, “rat”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål rotte (“rat”), Faroese and Icelandic rotta (“rat”), Norwegian Nynorsk rotta, rotte, røtte (“rat”), Swedish råtta (“rat”), Latin rattus, ratus (“rat”) (whence Asturian ratu (“mouse”), Catalan rata (“rat”), French rat (“rat”), Italian ratto (“rat”), Portuguese rato (“rat”), Spanish rata (“rat”), rato (“male rat”)); also Latin rōdō (“to bite, gnaw, nibble; to backbite, disparage, slander”), Sanskrit रदति (radati, “to scrape, scratch; to cut path, pave; to lead river into a channel; to bestow, convey”).
4. Some of the Germanic cognates show considerable consonant variation, e.g. Middle Low German ratte, radde; Middle High German rate, ratte, ratze. The irregularity may be symptomatic of a late dispersal of the word, although Kroonen accounts for it with a Proto-Germanic stem *raþō nom., *ruttaz gen., showing both ablaut and a Kluge's law alternation, with the variation arising from varying remodellings in the descendants. Kroonen states that this requires a Proto-Indo-European etymon in final *t and is incompatible with the usual derivation from Proto-Indo-European *Hreh₃d- (“to scrape, scratch, gnaw”). See: Frisian, Saterlandic 'Rotte', Norwegian, nynorsk 'rotta', Swedish 'råtta', Latin 'rōdō', Sanskrit 'रदति'.

Verbs referencing "rat"

German, old spelling reißen, Sanskrit रदति.

Sample Sentences

  • In 1962, the higher a girl's hair was ratted the more available she was, it was simply understood. [2021, Rickie Lee Jones, Last Chance Texaco, Grove Press, published 2022, page 31:]
  • He ratted on his coworker.
  • He is going to rat us out!