Patzer
German, noun/ˈpatsɐ/
Patzer is spelled P-A-T-Z-E-R (6 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written German, the 36,861st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Patzer is a German masculine noun meaning “someone who often makes blunders” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “nicht schwerwiegender Fehler”.
What does Patzer mean in English?
noun
- 1
colloquialmasculinesomeone who often makes blunders
- 2
colloquialmasculineblunder
- 3
Austriamasculinespot, stain, blot
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. nicht schwerwiegender Fehler
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 Patzer
- Patzers genitive
- Patzern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Patzer?
- /ˈpatsɐ/
- [ˈpat͡sɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Patzer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Patzer in German?
Patzer appears 1.1 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).