anpatzen
German, verb/ˈanˌpatsn̩/
anpatzen is spelled A-N-P-A-T-Z-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 23 million words in written German, the 278,604th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Anpatzen is a German verb meaning “to mess up one's clothes with something, spill on them; to stain, make dirty” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “(jemanden/sich oder etwas) schmutzig, dreckig machen”.
What does anpatzen mean in English?
verb
- 1
Austriainformalto mess up one's clothes with something, spill on them; to stain, make dirty
- 2
Austriainformalto smear someone, to defame someone
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. (jemanden/sich oder etwas) schmutzig, dreckig machen 2. (jemanden) in Verruf bringen
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of anpatzen
- patzt an present singular third-person
- patzte an past
- angepatzt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- anpatzend participle present
- anzupatzen infinitive infinitive-zu
- patze an first-person indicative present
- patzen an first-person indicative plural
- patzest an second-person singular subjunctive
- patzet an plural second-person subjunctive
- patzten an first-person indicative plural
- patztest an indicative preterite second-person
- patztet an indicative plural preterite
- anbatzen variant
- patz an! imperative singular
- patze an! imperative singular
- patzt an! imperative plural
- angepatzt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce anpatzen?
- /ˈanˌpatsn̩/
- Austria [-b̥atsn̩]
- [ˈanˌpat͡sn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is anpatzen in German?
anpatzen appears about once in every 23 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).