Chat
German, noun/tʃɛt/
Chat is spelled C-H-A-T (4 letters) and appears 26 times per million words in written German, the 3,188th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chat is a German masculine noun meaning “A chat, exchange of text or voice messages in real time, notably by Internet” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Technik im Internet, um in Echtzeit zu kommunizieren”.
What does Chat mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineA chat, exchange of text or voice messages in real time, notably by Internet
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Technik im Internet, um in Echtzeit zu kommunizieren
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 Chat
- Chats genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Chat?
- /tʃɛt/
- [t͡ʃɛt]
- [ʃɛt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Chat in German?
Chat appears 26 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).