Rattler
German, noun[ˈʁatlɐ]
Rattler is spelled R-A-T-T-L-E-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written German, the 247,831st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rattler is a German masculine noun meaning “ratter (dog trained to catch rodents)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Hund, der ursprünglich als Rattenfänger gehalten wurde”.
What does Rattler mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineobsoleteratter (dog trained to catch rodents)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Hund, der ursprünglich als Rattenfänger gehalten wurde
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 Rattler
- Rattlers genitive
- Rattlern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Rattler?
- [ˈʁatlɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Rattler in German?
Rattler appears about once in every 19 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).