Raute

• IPA^(key): [ˈʁaʊ̯.tə]

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• Hyphenation: Rau‧te

From Middle High German rūte, from Old High German rūta, from Proto-West Germanic *rūtā (“rue”).

Raute f (genitive Raute, plural Rauten)

2. (botany) rue, common rue, herb of grace (Ruta graveolens)

• Rautengewächs

• Rautenblatt, Rautenblüte, Rautenkranz (“crancelin”), Rautenkreuz, Rautenöl, Rautenpflanze, Rautensaft
• Gartenraute, Geißraute, Weinraute

• Rauke

From Middle High German rūte. Probably the same word as etymology 1, the name of the shape being taken from the plant's cross-shaped flower, which is reminiscent of a rhombus. (Compare the picture above.) This etymology is now predominantly accepted, though some sources still consider it uncertain.

Sense 4 is in reference to the team's diamond-shaped logo.

Raute f (genitive Raute, plural Rauten)

2. rhombus, rhomb
3. the hash sign (the # symbol)
4. (heraldry) lozenge
6. (slang) fan of the Hamburger SV football team

• Rhombus m (“rhombus”)
• Karo n (“rhombus; diamond”)
• (hash sign): Rautenzeichen, Rautezeichen n
• (heraldry, lozenge): Wecke Spindel Spitzraute Wackel Wachel

• Parallelogramm

• Fensterraute
• Spitzraute

• rautenartig
• rautenförmig

• Rautendekor, Rautenflagge, Rautenform, Rautegestalt f
• Rautenkranz, Rautenkreuz, Rautenkrone, Rautenmosaik, Rautenmuster
• Rautenparkettierung, Rautenschalung, Rautenstern
• Rautentaste, Rautetaste f, Rautenwappen

• “Raute” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Raute”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)
• “Raute” in Duden online