Patient
German, noun/paˈt͡si̯ɛnt/
Patient is spelled P-A-T-I-E-N-T (7 letters) and appears 16 times per million words in written German, the 4,698th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Patient is a German masculine noun meaning “patient (male or of unspecified sex or female)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “kranke Person, die medizinisch behandelt oder betreut wird”.
What does Patient mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepatient (male or of unspecified sex or female)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. kranke Person, die medizinisch behandelt oder betreut wird
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 Patient
- Patienten genitive
- Patientin feminine
- Pat. abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Patient?
- /paˈt͡si̯ɛnt/
- [paˈt͡si̯ɛnt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Patient
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Patient in German?
Patient appears 16 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).