Patronat

[patʁoˈnaːt]

/[patʁoˈnaːt]/ noun

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

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Patronat“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Patronat
PropertyValue
HeadwordPatronat
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[patʁoˈnaːt]
Letters8
Frequency rank#69,576
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Patronat“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Patronatfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Pathologen“ (#69,575), „Pausenhof“ (#69,577), „Patentante“ (#69,574). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „Patronat“ bei #69,576. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    Würde und Amt des Schutzherrs (Patrons)
  2. 2
    Amt und Funktion des Schirmherrn/der Schirmherrin
  3. 3
    rechtliche Stellung eines Kirchenstifters
  4. 4
    Schutz, den ein Heiliger für eine Gruppe von Menschen ausspricht (die oft eine gemeinsame Tätigkeit ausüben)
  5. 5
    Gesamtheit der Arbeitgeberinnen und Arbeitgeber

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Patronat appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Zeitweise waren Klienten nur noch Statussymbol für Herren im Patronat.
  2. „Beim Klientelwesen, beziehungsweise beim Patronat, handelte es sich um das persönliche und juristische Verhältnis zwischen dem Klienten und dem Patron.“

Synonyms

ProtektoratSchirmherrschaftPatronanzKirchenpatronatSchutzherrschaftArbeitgeberschaft

Antonyms

ArbeitnehmerschaftSalariat

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Patronat"?
"Patronat" is spelled P-A-T-R-O-N-A-T. The IPA pronunciation is [patʁoˈnaːt].
What does "Patronat" mean?
As a noun, "Patronat" means: Würde und Amt des Schutzherrs (Patrons)
How do you pronounce "Patronat"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Patronat" is [patʁoˈnaːt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Patronat", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list