Rath

Rath

See also: rath, ráth, räth, -rath, and -raþ

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Rath.

Proper noun

Rath (plural Raths)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Rath is the 5178^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 6747 individuals. Rath is most common among White (85.58%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Rath”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• Arth, HART, Hart, Thar, hart, tahr, thar

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German

Noun

Old town hall of Pfahlbronn, Germany, sporting the inscription "RATH-HAUS"

Rath m (strong, genitive Rathes or Raths, plural Räthe)

1. Obsolete spelling of Rat which was deprecated in 1902 following the Second Orthographic Conference of 1901.

Declension

Declension of Rath [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Rath	die	Räthe
genitive	eines	des	Rathes, Raths	der	Räthe
dative	einem	dem	Rath, Rathe1	den	Räthen
accusative	einen	den	Rath	die	Räthe

¹Now uncommon, see notes.