Ratsche
[ˈʁaːt͡ʃə]
The verdict
“Ratsche” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lärm- oder Musikinstrument, bei dem relativ zu einem Zahnrad bewegte, meist hölzerne Blattfedern ein schnarrendes Geräusch erzeugen
Corpus desk
Index DE-ratsche · Ratsche · German
Ratsche · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ratsche |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʁaːt͡ʃə] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Ratsche“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Ratsche is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʁaːt͡ʃə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Ratsche in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Ratsche, spelled R-A-T-S-C-H-E.
Definition
- 1Lärm- oder Musikinstrument, bei dem relativ zu einem Zahnrad bewegte, meist hölzerne Blattfedern ein schnarrendes Geräusch erzeugen
- 2Schraubwerkzeug
- 3eine Frau, die gern und viel schwatzt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Ratsche appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Kinder lärmten mit ihren Ratschen und Glocken im ganzen Dorf.
Mit der Ratsche lassen sich die langen Schrauben einfacher ausdrehen als mit dem Maulschlüssel.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.