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Rest

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

German

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

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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
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Etymology 2

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Proper noun

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

  1. a surname

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Hunsrik

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Rest m (plural Rester)

  1. remainder, remnant

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