Patriarch
German, noun/ˌpatʁiˈaʁç/
Patriarch is spelled P-A-T-R-I-A-R-C-H (9 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written German, the 32,479th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Patriarch is a German masculine noun meaning “patriarch” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Titel für einen obersten Geistlichen”.
What does Patriarch mean in English?
noun
- 1
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Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Titel für einen obersten Geistlichen 2. Oberhaupt einer Großfamilie/eines Familienverbands
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 Patriarch
- Patriarchen genitive
- Patriarchin feminine
- Matriarchin feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Patriarch?
- standard /ˌpatʁiˈaʁç/
- /ˌpatʁiˈaːç/
- [patʁiˈaʁç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Patriarch
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Patriarch in German?
Patriarch appears 1.3 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).