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Gatten

German, noun[ˈɡatn̩]

Gatten is spelled G-A-T-T-E-N (6 letters) and appears 2.9 times per million words in written German, the 18,511th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gatten is a German noun meaning “genitive/dative/accusative singular” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does Gatten mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    genitive/dative/accusative singular

  2. 2

    all-case plural

noun

  1. 1

    all-case plural of Gatt

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

verb: 1. eine Einheit, ein Paar bilden

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 Gatten

  • gatte present
  • gattest present
  • gattet present
  • gattete past
  • gatt! imperative singular
  • gatte! imperative singular
  • gattet! imperative plural
  • gegattet participle-2 perfect
  • haben auxiliary perfect
  • sich gatten active present
  • sich gegattet haben active perfect
  • gegattet sein statal-reflexive present
  • gegattet gewesen sein statal-reflexive perfect
  • sich zu gatten active extended infinitive
  • sich gegattet zu haben active extended infinitive
  • gegattet zu sein statal-reflexive extended infinitive
  • gegattet gewesen zu sein statal-reflexive extended infinitive
  • sich gattend participle present

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce Gatten?

  • [ˈɡatn̩]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is Gatten in German?

Gatten appears 2.9 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).

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