Feminine
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Rakete

Meaning

rocket, missile

Frequency

B2
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

rageete

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ʁaˈkeːtə/
Etymology

In summary

Borrowed from Italian rocchetta, diminutive of rocca (“distaff”). Compare the Icelandic raketta (“a skyrocket, a rocket”).

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