Patenkind
[ˈpaːtn̩ˌkɪnt]
The verdict
“Patenkind” is uncommon German (frequency #51,588 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,588
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Kind, bei dessen Taufe, weltlichen Feier anlässlich der Geburt oder Firmung eine Person als Pate beteiligt war, also die Patenschaft übernommen hat
Corpus desk
Index DE-patenkind · Patenkind · German
Patenkind · rank #51,588 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,588
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH Parterre
Nearest frequency peer: Parterre (-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 „Patenkind“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Papierfabrik
Papierfabrik
48,416 corpus weight
- Parlamentes
Parlamentes
48,415 corpus weight
- Parterre
Parterre
48,414 corpus weight
- Patenkind
Patenkind
48,413 corpus weight
- Paulskirche
Paulskirche
48,412 corpus weight
- Pellets
Pellets
48,411 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Patenkind“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Patenkind |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈpaːtn̩ˌkɪnt] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #51,588 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Patenkind“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Patenkind is uncommon German at frequency #51,588 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈpaːtn̩ˌkɪnt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Kind, bei dessen Taufe, weltlichen Feier anlässlich der Geburt oder Firmung eine Person als Pate beteiligt war, also die Patenschaft übernommen hat".
No misspelling variants are generated for Patenkind in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 Patenkind, spelled P-A-T-E-N-K-I-N-D.
Definition
- 1Kind, bei dessen Taufe, weltlichen Feier anlässlich der Geburt oder Firmung eine Person als Pate beteiligt war, also die Patenschaft übernommen hat
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Patenkind appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich habe zwei Patenkinder.
„Dafür müssen sich die Patenkinder aber auch offiziell bedanken.“
This word in other languages
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.
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