pachten

[ˈpaxtn̩]

/[ˈpaxtn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“pachten” is uncommon German (frequency #53,139 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,139
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Sache und deren Erträge (meist langfristig) gegen Bezahlung zur Nutzung überlassen bekommen

Corpus desk

Index DE-pachten · pachten · German

pachten · rank #53,139 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #53,139
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH Ovid

Nearest frequency peer: Ovid (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „pachten“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „pachten“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for pachten
PropertyValue
Headwordpachten
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈpaxtn̩]
Letters7
Frequency rank#53,139
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „pachten“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.pachtenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Ovid“ (#53,138), „Pachtvertrag“ (#53,140), „Ostindien“ (#53,137). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „pachten“ bei #53,139. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

pachten is uncommon German at frequency #53,139 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈpaxtn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine Sache und deren Erträge (meist langfristig) gegen Bezahlung zur Nutzung überlassen bekommen".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for pachten, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is pachten, spelled P-A-C-H-T-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine Sache und deren Erträge (meist langfristig) gegen Bezahlung zur Nutzung überlassen bekommen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how pachten appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Das Grundstück gehört nicht mir. Ich habe es für zehn Jahre gepachtet.
  2. Er muss die Jagd nicht kaufen, er kann sie auch pachten.

Synonyms

anpachten

This word in other languages

lease(English)arrendar(Español)louer(Français)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pachten"?
"pachten" is spelled P-A-C-H-T-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈpaxtn̩].
What does "pachten" mean?
As a verb, "pachten" means: eine Sache und deren Erträge (meist langfristig) gegen Bezahlung zur Nutzung überlassen bekommen
How do you pronounce "pachten"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pachten" is [ˈpaxtn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pachten" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "pachten", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Ortenau#53,135pasteur#53,144objects#53,129Nymphen#53,126

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list