Petent
German, noun/peˈtɛnt/
Petent is spelled P-E-T-E-N-T (6 letters) and appears about once in every 36 million words in written German, the 357,274th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Petent is a German masculine noun meaning “petitioner” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “(männliche^☆) Person, die bei amtlichen Stellen eine Eingabe (= Petition) macht, einen Antrag stellt”.
What does Petent mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepetitioner
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (männliche^☆) Person, die bei amtlichen Stellen eine Eingabe (= Petition) macht, einen Antrag stellt
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 Petent
- Petenten genitive
- Petentin feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Petent?
- /peˈtɛnt/
- [peˈtɛnt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Petent
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Petent in German?
Petent appears about once in every 36 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).