What does the German word vermin mean?
1. (= animal) Schädling m. 2. (= insects) Ungeziefer nt.
What’s a Rathaus?
Rathaus is the German word for a seat of local, legislative and/or executive government.
What does the root word rat mean?
*rēd-, Proto-Indo-European root meaning “to scrape, scratch, gnaw.” It forms (possibly) all or part of: abrade; “eruption of small red spots on skin;” raster; rat; raze; razor; rodent; rostrum; tabula rasa.
What is Dutch rat?
bruine rat, rioolrat, rat, zwarte ratDutch.
Why is it called a Rathaus?
Rathaus (n.) German town hall, 1610s, from German Rathaus, literally “council house,” from Rat “council” (from Proto-Germanic *redaz, from suffixed form of PIE root *re- “to reason, count”) + Haus “house” (see house (n.)).
What is Bahnhof?
Bahnhof (German for “railway station”) is a Swedish Internet service provider (ISP) founded in 1994 by Oscar Swartz in Uppsala, Sweden, and is the country’s first independent ISP.
Who made the word rat?
late Old English ræt “rat,” of uncertain origin. Similar words are found in Celtic (Gaelic radan), Romanic (Italian ratto, Spanish rata, French rat) and Germanic (Old Saxon ratta; Dutch rat; German Ratte, dialectal Ratz; Swedish råtta, Danish rotte) languages, but connection is uncertain and origin unknown.
What rat means in slang?
Definition of rats —used to express disappointment, frustration, or disgust.
What does Rathouse mean in English?
psychiatric hospital
/ (ˈræthaʊs) / noun. Australian slang a psychiatric hospital or asylum.
Where did the word Rathskeller come from?
Did you know? Rathskeller is a product of Germany, deriving from two German nouns: Rat (also spelled Rath in early Modern German), which means “council,” and Keller, which means “cellar.” (Nouns in German are always capitalized.)
What is Park German?
park → parken, parkieren, abstellen.