Ratze

Alemannic German

Etymology

Equivalent of Rasse (“people, clan; race”) in certain Highest Alemannic dialects (recorded for Goms, Prättigau, Schwyz, Urseren).

Noun

Ratze f

(Uri) people, clan, race
- "en gsundi Ratzen" ("a healthy people"), said by the people of Goms of themselves, reported by F. S. Stebler.

References

Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 52.

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