Passe
German, noun
Passe is spelled P-A-S-S-E (5 letters) and appears 5.4 times per million words in written German, the 11,619th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Passe is a German feminine noun meaning “yoke (part of an item of clothing which fits around the shoulders)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, passé is a different word: “past, over”. In lower case, passe is a different word: “first-person singular present”. With an umlaut, Pässe is a different word: “nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Pass”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “das im hinteren Schulterbereich von Hemden eingenähte Stoffstück, das Rücken- und Vorderteil miteinander…”.
What does Passe mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineyoke (part of an item of clothing which fits around the shoulders)
adjective
- 1
past, over
verb
- 1
first-person singular present
- 2
first/third-person singular subjunctive I
- 3
singular imperative
noun
- 1
masculinenominative/accusative/genitive plural of Pass
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. der Vergangenheit angehörend, nicht mehr zeitgemäß
noun: 1. das im hinteren Schulterbereich von Hemden eingenähte Stoffstück, das Rücken- und Vorderteil miteinander verbindet 2. „vorderer, das Gesicht schützender Rand am Damenhut“
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 Passe
- passee alternative
- Passen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is Passe in German?
Passe appears 5.4 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).