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Rest

German, noun

Rest is a German masculine noun meaning “rest, remainder, remnant” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, rest. is a different word: “abbreviation of restauriert”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “übrig bleibender Teil des Ganzen”.

What does Rest mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinerest, remainder, remnant

  2. 2

    masculineradical

verb

as rest.
  1. 1

    abbreviation of restauriert

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. übrig bleibender Teil des Ganzen 2. nicht ganzzahlig teilbarer Teil des Dividenden 3. funktionelle Gruppe an einem Molekülgerüst

abbreviation: 1. Reduzierte-Syntax-Therapie; eine Therapiemethode in der Klinischen Linguistik bei Agrammatismus

The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.

Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of Rest

  • Restes genitive
  • Rests genitive
  • Reste plural
  • Restchen diminutive neuter
  • Resterl diminutive neuter
  • Resten dative definite plural
  • Restlein diminutive

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to Rest

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is Rest in German?

Rest appears 78 times per million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).