Kassenpatient
German, noun[ˈkasn̩paˌt͡si̯ɛnt]
Kassenpatient is spelled K-A-S-S-E-N-P-A-T-I-E-N-T (13 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written German, the 146,442nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kassenpatient is a German masculine noun meaning “a patient who is a member of a health insurance scheme that belongs to the national health insurance system, as opposed to private health…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Person, die bei einer gesetzlichen Krankenkasse versichert ist”.
What does Kassenpatient mean in English?
noun
- 1
colloquialmasculinea patient who is a member of a health insurance scheme that belongs to the national health insurance system, as opposed to private health insurance
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Person, die bei einer gesetzlichen Krankenkasse versichert ist
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 Kassenpatient
- Kassenpatienten genitive
- Kassenpatientin feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Kassenpatient?
- [ˈkasn̩paˌt͡si̯ɛnt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Kassenpatient in German?
Kassenpatient appears about once in every 8 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).