Patronat
[patʁoˈnaːt]
The verdict
“Patronat” is uncommon German (frequency #69,576 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,576
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Würde und Amt des Schutzherrs (Patrons)
Corpus desk
Index DE-patronat · Patronat · German
Patronat · rank #69,576 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,576
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH Pathologen
Nearest frequency peer: Pathologen (-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 „Patronat“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- passenger
passenger
30,428 corpus weight
- Patentante
Patentante
30,427 corpus weight
- Pathologen
Pathologen
30,426 corpus weight
- Patronat
Patronat
30,425 corpus weight
- Pausenhof
Pausenhof
30,424 corpus weight
- Peinlichkei…
Peinlichkeiten
30,423 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Patronat“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Patronat |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [patʁoˈnaːt] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #69,576 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Patronat“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Patronat is uncommon German at frequency #69,576 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [patʁoˈnaːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
Patronat has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Patronat, spelled P-A-T-R-O-N-A-T.
Definition
- 1Würde und Amt des Schutzherrs (Patrons)
- 2Amt und Funktion des Schirmherrn/der Schirmherrin
- 3rechtliche Stellung eines Kirchenstifters
- 4Schutz, den ein Heiliger für eine Gruppe von Menschen ausspricht (die oft eine gemeinsame Tätigkeit ausüben)
- 5Gesamtheit der Arbeitgeberinnen und Arbeitgeber
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Patronat appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Zeitweise waren Klienten nur noch Statussymbol für Herren im Patronat.
„Beim Klientelwesen, beziehungsweise beim Patronat, handelte es sich um das persönliche und juristische Verhältnis zwischen dem Klienten und dem Patron.“
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This word in other languages
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.
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