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Rache
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rache Râché räche
German
Etymology
de :inh gmh:rāche
From de gmh rāche, from de goh rāhha, from de gmw-pro *wrāku, from de gem-pro *wrēkō persecution, revenge, from de ine-pro *wreg- to drive.
Cognate with archaic en wreak revenge. The irregular short vowel in modern German is due to the inherited short vowel in the verb de rächen, reinforced by a spelling pronunciation among Low German speakers (who based on their gml wrāke could not know whether the High German vowel should be long or short; compare the reverse development in de Lache).
Pronunciation
de /ˈraxə/ [ˈʁäχə]
de De-Rache.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de aχə 2
de Ra che
Noun
f.sg
revenge; vengeance
Declension
f.sg
Derived terms
de rachbar Blutrache Rachedurst Racheengel Rachegedanke Rachegefühl Rachegott Rachegöttin
Related terms
de rächen
de Rächer
Further reading
de Emotions