latzen
German, verb
latzen is spelled L-A-T-Z-E-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 68 million words in written German, the 508,518th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Latzen is a German verb meaning “to pay an annoying amount of money, to fork over” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, Lätzen is a different word: “dative plural of Latz”. With a capital, Latzen is a different word: “dative plural of Latz”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Geld für eine Leistung oder Ware geben”.
What does latzen mean in English?
verb
- 1
colloquialto pay an annoying amount of money, to fork over
Pass auf! Wenn du hier geblitzt wirst, musst du ordentlich latzen.
noun
- 1
dative plural of Latz
noun
- 1
dative plural of Latz
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Geld für eine Leistung oder Ware geben
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 latzen
- latzt present singular third-person
- latzte past
- gelatzt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- latzend participle present
- latze first-person indicative present
- latzest second-person singular subjunctive
- latzet plural second-person subjunctive
- latzten first-person indicative plural
- latztest indicative preterite second-person
- latztet indicative plural preterite
- latz imperative second-person singular
- habe gelatzt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben gelatzt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- latz! imperative singular
- latze! imperative singular
- latzt! imperative plural
- gelatzt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is latzen in German?
latzen appears about once in every 68 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).