Rat

Appendix:Variations of "rat" English + (zodiac) Proper noun en Q721997 The first of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar. See also Further reading Anagrams en art Tar TRA ART ATR art TAR RTA rta Art tra tar 'art art. German Alternative forms de Raht obsolete de Rath standard until 1902 now obsolete Etymology de :inh gmh:rāt<id:advice> From de gmh rāt advice, from de goh rāt advice, from de gmw-pro *rād advice, from de gem-pro *rēdaz advice. Cognate with nl raad, en rede and en read noun. Pronunciation de /raːt/ [ʁaːt] de De-Rat.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) de aːt 1 de Rad standard; in practice especially southern de Rat Noun m,(e)s,^e advice, counsel council councilor, councillor de Germany title of a Beamter ("Public servant") at the beginning of the senior service de Austrian title of a Beamter ("Public servant") in the senior service after first promotion Usage notes title 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 (Germany) Studienrat Educational councilor. In terms of hierarchy, Räte are comparable to a Major or a Korvettenkapitän (Lieutenant Commander). Declension m,(e)s,^e Hyponyms de Abteilungsrat Amtsrat Aufsichtsrat Ältestenrat Beirat Betriebsrat Bezirksrat Bundesrat Departementsrat Dorfrat Europarat Fakultätsrat Finanzrat Frauenrat Friedensrat Geheimrat Gemeinderat Gerichtsrat Hausrat Hofrat Hofrath Justizrat Kriegsrat Krisenrat Kronrat Landgerichtsrat Landrat Länderrat Lenkungsrat Militärrat Ministerrat Mitgliederrat Oberrat Ortsrat Personalrat Provinzrat Rechtsrat Reichsrat Revolutionsrat Sachverständigenrat Schulrat Staatsrat Stadtrat Ständerat Stiftungsrat Unternehmensrat Verwaltungsrat Weiberrat Derived terms de ratlos ratsam Related terms de Rathaus Ratsabstimmung Ratsausschuss Ratsbeschluss Ratgeber Ratsfrau Ratsherr Ratskeller Ratsmehrheit Ratsmitglied Ratspräsident Ratstreffen Ratsvorsitz Ratsvorsitzender Ratsversammlung Räterepublik Räteversammlung Further reading de Beamter Regierungsrat (Deutschland) de Amtstitel de Luxembourgish lb: Etymology lb :inh gmh:ratte<ety:inh<goh:ratta<ety:inh<gmw-pro:*ratt<ety:inh<gem-pro:*rattaz>>>>>> From lb gmh ratte, from lb goh ratta, perhaps from lb gmw-pro *ratt, from lb gem-pro *rattaz, though the consonantism in High German is unexplained. Cognate with de Ratte, nl rat, en rat, is rotta. Pronunciation lb /raːt/ [ʀaːt] lb lb aːt 1 lb Rad lb Rat Noun m f rat Further reading lb Rodents