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patschnass

German, adjective[ˈpat͡ʃˈnas]

patschnass is spelled P-A-T-S-C-H-N-A-S-S (10 letters) and appears about once in every 29 million words in written German, the 313,524th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Patschnass is a German adjective meaning “soaked, soaking wet” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sehr nass”.

What does patschnass mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    soaked, soaking wet

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. sehr nass

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 patschnass

  • patschnasser masculine nominative singular
  • patschnasse feminine nominative singular
  • patschnasses neuter nominative singular
  • patschnassen genitive masculine singular
  • patschnassem dative masculine singular
  • der patschnasse definite includes-article masculine
  • die patschnasse definite feminine includes-article
  • das patschnasse definite includes-article neuter
  • die patschnassen definite includes-article nominative
  • des patschnassen definite genitive includes-article
  • der patschnassen definite feminine genitive
  • dem patschnassen dative definite includes-article
  • den patschnassen dative definite includes-article
  • patschnaß obsolete
  • patschenass variant

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce patschnass?

  • [ˈpat͡ʃˈnas]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to patschnass

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is patschnass in German?

patschnass appears about once in every 29 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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