Definition of Rathaus in English:
Rathaus
nounPlural Rathäuser ˈrathaʊsˈräthous
A town hall in a German-speaking country.
Example sentencesExamples
- The most arresting spatial features of the exhibit were at its ‘center,’ the area of the Rathaus facing its plaza.
- A pedestrian whom we questioned on how we could get to the Rathaus, squinted at my companion and said in English: ‘I know who you are.’
- A new arrival, the Atoll hotel is externally an undistinguished building cranked round two sides of the main square in front of the Rathaus.
- The Rathaus, the city hall, was an appropriate site for the exhibit: a centrally located public landmark.
- Its inventive but unidentified German artist is named after the paintings on the panelling of the conference room in the Rathaus at Goslar.
Origin
German, from Rat 'council' + Haus 'house'.