Rachen

From Middle High German rache, from Old High German rahho, hrahho, from Proto-West Germanic *hrakō, from Proto-Germanic *hrakô, from Proto-Indo-European *kreg- (“to croak, crow”). Cognate with Old English hraca (“throat”). Related also to English retch (“to clear one's throat”), Icelandic hráki (“spit, saliva”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈraxən/, [ˈʁä.χn̩]
• Rhymes: -axən

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Rachen m (strong, genitive Rachens, plural Rachen)

1. throat, pharynx (interior of the front of the neck)

   Synonyms: Schlund, (interior and exterior) Kehle, Gurgel

• “Rachen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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