partake

[pɑːˈteɪk]

/[pɑːˈteɪk]/ verb

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The verdict

“partake” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - an etwas teilnehmen, mitmachen, (partizipieren)

Corpus desk

Index DE-partake · partake · German

partake · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "P" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for partake
PropertyValue
Headwordpartake
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[pɑːˈteɪk]
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “partake” sits in German frequency

partake falls outside the top-100,000 ranked German words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

partake is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [pɑːˈteɪk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for partake in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is partake, spelled P-A-R-T-A-K-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    an etwas teilnehmen, mitmachen, (partizipieren)
  2. 2
    an einer Mahlzeit/einem Umtrunk teilnehmen; mitessen, mittrinken
  3. 3
    etwas in einer bestimmten Qualität/Art haben, charakterisieren, beschreiben; etwas an sich haben

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. He won't partake in the victory celebration.

Synonyms

participatejoin

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "partake"?
"partake" is spelled P-A-R-T-A-K-E. The IPA pronunciation is [pɑːˈteɪk].
What does "partake" mean?
As a verb, "partake" means: an etwas teilnehmen, mitmachen, (partizipieren)
How do you pronounce "partake"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "partake" is [pɑːˈteɪk]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "partake" come from?
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list