Neuter
Rad
- (neuter, strong) wheel
- (neuter, strong) cartwheel
- (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, neuter, strong) clipping of Fahrrad; bicycle
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ʁaːt/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle High German rat, from Old High German rad, from Proto-West Germanic *raþ, from Proto-Germanic *raþą, from Proto-Indo-European *Hret- (“to roll”). Related to Swedish ratt (“steering wheel”) and Finnish ratti (“steering wheel”). Also related to English rotary and Spanish rueda (“wheel”), which descended from the same PIE root through Latin rota.
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