Pattensen
[ˈpatn̩zən]
The verdict
“Pattensen” is uncommon German (frequency #79,570 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,570
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Klein-)Stadt im Süden der Region Hannover in Niedersachsen
Corpus desk
Index DE-pattensen · Pattensen · German
Pattensen · rank #79,570 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,570
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH patriarchale
Nearest frequency peer: patriarchale (-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 „Pattensen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Pappkarton
Pappkarton
20,436 corpus weight
- parking
parking
20,434 corpus weight
- patriarchale
patriarchale
20,432 corpus weight
- Pattensen
Pattensen
20,431 corpus weight
- Pausenbrot
Pausenbrot
20,430 corpus weight
- Perleberg
Perleberg
20,426 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Pattensen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Pattensen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈpatn̩zən] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #79,570 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Pattensen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Pattensen is uncommon German at frequency #79,570 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈpatn̩zən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(Klein-)Stadt im Süden der Region Hannover in Niedersachsen".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Pattensen in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Pattensen, spelled P-A-T-T-E-N-S-E-N.
Definition
- 1(Klein-)Stadt im Süden der Region Hannover in Niedersachsen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Pattensen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Seit Oktober 2014 ist das Bistro im Hallen- und Freibad in Pattensen ohne Pächter.“
„Nach eineinhalb Jahren gibt es einen Nachnutzer für den ehemaligen Wal-Mart an der Kreuzung der Bundesstraßen 3 und 443 in Pattensen.“
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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