Patsche

[ˈpat͡ʃə]

/[ˈpat͡ʃə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Patsche” is uncommon German (frequency #81,967 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#81,967
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hand

Corpus desk

Index DE-patsche · Patsche · German

Patsche · rank #81,967 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #81,967
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH patients

Nearest frequency peer: patients (-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 „Patsche“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Patsche
PropertyValue
HeadwordPatsche
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈpat͡ʃə]
Letters7
Frequency rank#81,967
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Patsche“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Patschefällt 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: „patients“ (#81,966), „Parteinahme“ (#81,965), „Peeling“ (#81,969). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „Patsche“ bei #81,967. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Patsche is uncommon German at frequency #81,967 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈpat͡ʃə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Patsche, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

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 Patsche, spelled P-A-T-S-C-H-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Hand
  2. 2
    schlammiger Dreck, Morast
  3. 3
    Feuerpatsche, Gerät zur Bekämpfung von Bränden
  4. 4
    Schlamassel, unangenehme Situation
  5. 5
    Gerät zum Schlagen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Mit seinen Patschen schnappte er sich den Sandsack.
  2. Er stolperte über eine Wurzel und stürzte in die Patsche.

Synonyms

HandBrandklatscheKlemme

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 "Patsche"?
"Patsche" is spelled P-A-T-S-C-H-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈpat͡ʃə].
What does "Patsche" mean?
As a noun, "Patsche" means: Hand
How do you pronounce "Patsche"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Patsche" is [ˈpat͡ʃə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Patsche" come from?
"Patsche" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Peeling#81,969Peptide#81,973pfiffen#81,977Planern#81,987

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list