bat
German, verb/baːt/
bat is spelled B-A-T (3 letters) and appears 19 times per million words in written German, the 4,114th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bat is a German verb meaning “first/third-person singular preterite of bitten” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does bat mean in English?
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular preterite of bitten
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
abbreviation: 1. Abkürzung für Bundesangestelltentarif 2. Abkürzung für Bundesautobahntankstelle
abbreviation: 1. Bataillon
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 bat
- Btl. alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bat?
- /baːt/
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Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is bat in German?
bat appears 19 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).