Ratze
Alemannic German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Equivalent of Rasse (“people, clan; race”) in certain Highest Alemannic dialects (recorded for Goms, Prättigau, Schwyz, Urseren).
Noun
[edit]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
[edit]- Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 52.