patzig
German, adjective/ˈpatsɪç/
patzig is spelled P-A-T-Z-I-G (6 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 94,067th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Patzig is a German adjective meaning “snotty, cheeky” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “als Person: im Gehabe unangepasst, dominant auftretend”.
What does patzig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
colloquialsnotty, cheeky
- 2
Austriacolloquialsticky, tacky, smudged
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. als Person: im Gehabe unangepasst, dominant auftretend 2. im Gespräch: abweisend, frech, kurz angebunden 3. adverbieller Gebrauch zu [1] + [2] 4. von breiiger, klebriger, weicher Konsistenz
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 patzig
- patziger masculine nominative singular
- am patzigsten superlative
- patzige feminine nominative singular
- patziges neuter nominative singular
- patzigen genitive masculine singular
- patzigem dative masculine singular
- der patzige definite includes-article masculine
- die patzige definite feminine includes-article
- das patzige definite includes-article neuter
- die patzigen definite includes-article nominative
- des patzigen definite genitive includes-article
- der patzigen definite feminine genitive
- dem patzigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce patzig?
- /ˈpatsɪç/
- /ˈpatsɪk/
- [ˈpat͡sɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to patzig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is patzig in German?
patzig appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).