Rente
German
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Old French rente, from Early Medieval Latin rendita.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editRente f (genitive Rente, plural Renten)
- pension, retirement pay
- in Rente ― on retirement pay
Usage notes
editNote that the terms Rente and Pension have a slightly different meaning in Germany and Austria.
Note also that Rente is a false friend and does not mean “rent”. The general word for “rent” is Miete.
Declension
editDeclension of Rente [feminine]
Related terms
editSee also
editFurther reading
edit- “Rente” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Rente” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Rente” in Duden online
- Rente on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
- Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Rente”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891