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Rätsel

(Anglès)

riddle, puzzle, mystery, enigma

Freqüència

B2
Dialectes

Cantó de Zuric

Cantó de Zuric

rätsel

Dades proporcionades per: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/ˈʁɛːtsəl/
Etimologia (Anglès)

In summary

From northern Middle High German rētsel, rātsel, from Old High German rādisli (10th c., hapax: ze radislen, Ripuarian), from Proto-West Germanic *rādislī. Equivalent to raten + -sel. The formation was restricted to parts of Central German and was later reinforced by Middle Low German rēdesal, rēdelse. It established itself in the standard language after Luther’s usage. Upper German synonyms were Old High German rātisca, rātissa, rātunga.

Related words

Scherzfrage

Geduldspiel

Änigma

übernatürliches Ereignis

Unbegreiflichkeit

Unerforschlichkeit

Wundertat

Denksportaufgabe

Vexierfrage

Rätselfrage

Bilderrätsel

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