Rest

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

German

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʁɛst/
  • Rhymes: -ɛst

Etymology 1

From Italian resto or Latin.

Noun

Rest m (genitive Restes or Rests, plural Reste)

  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
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 uncommon, see notes
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Etymology 2

Proper noun

Rest m or f (genitive Rests)

  1. A surname​.

Further reading
  • Rest in Duden online

Hunsrik

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /reʃt/

Noun

Rest m (plural Rester)

  1. remainder, remnant

Further reading
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