patent
German, adjective
patent is spelled P-A-T-E-N-T (6 letters) and appears 6.0 times per million words in written German, the 10,637th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Patent is a German adjective meaning “patent, to be recognized everyone” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Patent is a different word: “patent”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “auf eine direkte, praktische Art geschickt im Vorgehen und dabei sympathisch nett”.
What does patent mean in English?
adjective
- 1
rarepatent, to be recognized everyone
adjective
- 1
clever, ingenious, sleek
noun
- 1
neuterpatent
- 2
Switzerlandneuterlicense
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. auf eine direkte, praktische Art geschickt im Vorgehen und dabei sympathisch nett 2. auf eine praktische Art sehr brauchbar
noun: 1. Urkunde über die Berechtigung, eine Erfindung alleine zu verwerten 2. Urkunde, die die Befähigung für einen bestimmten Beruf bestätigt
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 patent
- patenter masculine nominative singular
- am patentesten superlative
- patente feminine nominative singular
- patentes neuter nominative singular
- patenten genitive masculine singular
- patentem dative masculine singular
- der patente definite includes-article masculine
- die patente definite feminine includes-article
- das patente definite includes-article neuter
- die patenten definite includes-article nominative
- des patenten definite genitive includes-article
- der patenten definite feminine genitive
- dem patenten dative definite includes-article
- Pat. abbreviation
- Patente nominative plural
- Patentes genitive singular
- Patents genitive singular
- Patenten dative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to patent
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is patent in German?
patent appears 6.0 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).