Rest

See also: rest, REST, rešt, rest., and Rest.

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁɛst/
  • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛst

Etymology 1

    Borrowed from Italian resto, from restare (“to remain”), from Latin restō.

    Noun

    Rest m (strong, genitive Restes or Rests, plural Reste, diminutive Restchen n)

    1. rest, remainder, remnant
      • 1919, Walther Kabel, Irrende Seelen, Werner Dietsch Verlag, page 41:
        Die kleine Stutzuhr auf dem Kamin, ein letzter Rest der Habe meiner Eltern, schlug zehn.
        The small bracket clock on the chimney, a last remnant of the belongings of my parents, chimed ten.
    2. (chemistry) radical
    Declension
    Declension of Rest [masculine, strong]
    singular plural
    indef. def. noun def. noun
    nominative ein der Rest die Reste
    genitive eines des Restes, Rests der Reste
    dative einem dem Rest, Reste1 den Resten
    accusative einen den Rest die Reste

    1Now rare, see notes.

    Synonyms
    Derived terms
    Descendants
    • → Kashubian: reszta
    • → Polish: reszta, resta (Middle Polish)
    • → Silesian: reszta

    Etymology 2

    Proper noun

    Rest m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Rests or (with an article) Rest, feminine genitive Rest, plural Rests)

    1. a surname

    Further reading

    Hunsrik

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /reʃt/

    Noun

    Rest m (plural Rester)

    1. remainder, remnant

    Further reading

    • Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “Rest”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch
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