Rache

See also: rache, Râché, and räche

German

Etymology

From Middle High German rāche, from Old High German rāhha, from Proto-West Germanic *wrāku, from Proto-Germanic *wrēkō (“persecution, revenge”), from Proto-Indo-European *wreg- (“to drive”).

Cognate with archaic English wreak (“revenge”). The irregular short vowel in modern German is due to the inherited short vowel in the verb rächen, reinforced by a spelling pronunciation among Low German speakers (who based on their Middle Low German wrāke could not know whether the High German vowel should be long or short; compare the reverse development in Lache).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈraxə/, [ˈʁäχə]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -aχə
  • Hyphenation: Ra‧che

Noun

Rache f (genitive Rache, no plural)

  1. revenge; vengeance

Declension

Declension of Rache [sg-only, feminine]
singular
indef. def. noun
nominative eine die Rache
genitive einer der Rache
dative einer der Rache
accusative eine die Rache

Derived terms

  • Blutrache
  • rachbar
  • Rachedurst
  • Racheengel
  • Rachegedanke
  • Rachegefühl
  • Rachegott
  • Rachegöttin

Further reading

  • “Rache” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Rache” in Duden online
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