Rakete

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian rocchetta, diminutive of rocca (“distaff”). Compare the Icelandic raketta (“a skyrocket, a rocket”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʁaˈkeːtə/
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -eːtə

Noun

Rakete f (genitive Rakete, plural Raketen)

rocket, missile

Declension

Declension of Rakete [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Rakete	die	Raketen
genitive	einer	der	Rakete	der	Raketen
dative	einer	der	Rakete	den	Raketen
accusative	eine	die	Rakete	die	Raketen

Hyponyms

Boden-Boden-Rakete
Feuerwerksrakete
Flugabwehrrakete
Flüssigtreibstoffrakete
Hyperschallrakete
Kurzstreckenrakete
Langstreckenrakete
Luft-Boden-Rakete
Luft-Luft-Rakete
Luftabwehrrakete
Mittelstreckenrakete
Silvesterrakete
Stufenrakete
Trägerrakete
Weltraumrakete

Derived terms

raketenartig

Related terms

Descendants

→ Hungarian: rakéta

Further reading

“Rakete” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
“Rakete” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
“Rakete” in Duden online
“Rakete” in OpenThesaurus.de
Rakete on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

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