Partisan
[ˌpaʁtiˈzaːn]
The verdict
“Partisan” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - eine männliche Person, die nicht als regulärer Soldat, sondern als Angehöriger bewaffneter, völkerrechtswidrig am Kriegsgeschehen teilnehmender, nicht durch Abzeichen und offenes Tragen von Waffen ...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Partisan |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˌpaʁtiˈzaːn] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Partisan” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Partisan is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˌpaʁtiˈzaːn]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "eine männliche Person, die nicht als regulärer Soldat, sondern als Angehöriger bewaffneter, völkerrechtswidrig am Kriegsgeschehen teilnehmender, nicht durch Abzeichen und offenes Tragen von Waffen ...".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Partisan, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Partisan, spelled P-A-R-T-I-S-A-N.
Definition
- 1eine männliche Person, die nicht als regulärer Soldat, sondern als Angehöriger bewaffneter, völkerrechtswidrig am Kriegsgeschehen teilnehmender, nicht durch Abzeichen und offenes Tragen von Waffen gekennzeichneter Gruppen oder Verbände kämpft, die aus dem Hinterhalt gegen den ins eigene Land eingedrungenen Feind vorgehen
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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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Using “Partisan”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is P-A-R-T-I-S-A-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˌpaʁtiˈzaːn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.