Rat

Rat

1. The first of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar.

• (Chinese zodiac signs) Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, Pig ^{(Category: en:Chinese zodiac signs)}

• 'art, ART, ATR, Art, RTA, TAR, Tar, art, art., tar, tra

• Rath (obsolete)
• Raht (obsolete; in use from the 16th to the end of the 18th century, uncommon in the 19th century, officially proscribed since 1902)

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 (n.)

• IPA^(key): /ʁaːt/, [ʁaːtʰ]

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• Rhymes: -aːt
• Homophone: Rad (according to the standard pronunciation of that word)

Rat m (strong, genitive Rates or Rats, plural Räte)

1. advice, counsel
2. council
3. councilor, councillor
4. (Germany) title of a Beamter ("Public servant") at the beginning of the senior service
5. (Austria) title of a Beamter ("Public servant") in the senior service after first promotion

(4) 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, the Räte are comparable to a Major or a Korvettenkapitän (Lieutenant Commander).

• ratlos
• ratsam

• “Rat” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “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

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.

• IPA^(key): /raːt/, [ʀaːt]
• Rhymes: -aːt
• Homophone: Rad

Rat m or f (plural Raten)

1. rat