Feminine
Rache
Meaning
revenge; vengeance
Concepts
Synonyms
Translations
wraak
venganza
vengeance
vendetta
vingança
intikam
ثأر
εκδίκησηFrequency
Dialects
Basel-Landschaft
raach
Basel-Landschaft
rooch
Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈraxə/
Etymology
In summary
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).
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