patzt

[pat͡st]

/[pat͡st]/ verb

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The verdict

“patzt” is uncommon German (frequency #71,696 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#71,696
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs patzen

Corpus desk

Index DE-patzt · patzt · German

patzt · rank #71,696 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #71,696
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH Patres

Nearest frequency peer: Patres (-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 „patzt“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for patzt
PropertyValue
Headwordpatzt
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[pat͡st]
Letters5
Frequency rank#71,696
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „patzt“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).patztfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Patres“ (#71,695), „Pauschalreisen“ (#71,697), „passionierte“ (#71,694). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „patzt“ bei #71,696. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

patzt is uncommon German at frequency #71,696 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [pat͡st]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for patzt in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is patzt, spelled P-A-T-Z-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs patzen
  2. 2
    2. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs patzen
  3. 3
    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs patzen
  4. 4
    2. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs patzen

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 "patzt"?
"patzt" is spelled P-A-T-Z-T. The IPA pronunciation is [pat͡st].
What does "patzt" mean?
As a verb, "patzt" means: 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs patzen
How do you pronounce "patzt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "patzt" is [pat͡st]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "patzt" come from?
"patzt" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

payer#71,698omnis#71,677Potts#71,726Ramin#71,756

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list