Patenschaften

[ˈpaːtn̩ʃaftn̩]

/[ˈpaːtn̩ʃaftn̩]/ noun

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The verdict

“Patenschaften” is uncommon German (frequency #62,728 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#62,728
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Patenschaft

Corpus desk

Index DE-patenschaften · Patenschaften · German

Patenschaften · rank #62,728 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #62,728
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH patentieren

Nearest frequency peer: patentieren (+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 „Patenschaften“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Patenschaften
PropertyValue
HeadwordPatenschaften
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈpaːtn̩ʃaftn̩]
Letters13
Frequency rank#62,728
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Patenschaften“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „patentieren“ (#62,729), „Partnerwahl“ (#62,726), „Parteizugehörigkeit“ (#62,725). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „Patenschaften“ bei #62,728. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Patenschaften is uncommon German at frequency #62,728 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈpaːtn̩ʃaftn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Patenschaften, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

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 Patenschaften, spelled P-A-T-E-N-S-C-H-A-F-T-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Patenschaft
  2. 2
    Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Patenschaft
  3. 3
    Dativ Plural des Substantivs Patenschaft
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Patenschaft

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 "Patenschaften"?
"Patenschaften" is spelled P-A-T-E-N-S-C-H-A-F-T-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈpaːtn̩ʃaftn̩].
What does "Patenschaften" mean?
As a noun, "Patenschaften" means: Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Patenschaft
How do you pronounce "Patenschaften"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Patenschaften" is [ˈpaːtn̩ʃaftn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Patenschaften" come from?
"Patenschaften" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list