Patronage
German, noun[patʁoˈnaːʒə]
Patronage is spelled P-A-T-R-O-N-A-G-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written German, the 138,538th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Patronage is a German feminine noun meaning “patronage” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Verhalten, bei dem bestimmte Firmen, Personen ... gezielt, oft auch unberechtigt bevorzugt werden”.
What does Patronage mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepatronage
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Verhalten, bei dem bestimmte Firmen, Personen ... gezielt, oft auch unberechtigt bevorzugt werden
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 Patronage
- Patronagen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Patronage?
- [patʁoˈnaːʒə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Patronage in German?
Patronage appears about once in every 7 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).