Rate
German, noun
Rate is spelled R-A-T-E (4 letters) and appears 14 times per million words in written German, the 5,360th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rate is a German feminine noun meaning “rate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a dative singular of Rat. In lower case, rate is a different word: “inflection of raten”. With an umlaut, Räte is a different word: “nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Rat”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “in Prozent ausgedrücktes Verhältnis zwischen zwei Größen”.
What does Rate mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininerate
- 2
feminineinstallment, instalment
noun
- 1
raredative singular of Rat
verb
- 1
inflection of raten
- 2
first-person singular present
- 3
singular imperative
- 4
first/third-person singular subjunctive I of raten
noun
- 1
nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Rat
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. in Prozent ausgedrücktes Verhältnis zwischen zwei Größen 2. fester Satz der Abzahlung von Krediten 3. Teilbetrag einer Geldsumme
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 Rate
- Raten plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Rate
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Rate in German?
Rate appears 14 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).