Petze
[ˈpɛt͡sə]
The verdict
“Petze” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemand, der mutmaßliches Fehlverhalten anderer Schüler, der Geschwister oder anderer Kinder gegenüber dem Lehrkörper, den Eltern oder anderen Erwachsenen meldet
Corpus desk
Index DE-petze · Petze · German
Petze · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Petze |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈpɛt͡sə] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Petze“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Petze is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈpɛt͡sə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Petze in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Petze, spelled P-E-T-Z-E.
Definition
- 1jemand, der mutmaßliches Fehlverhalten anderer Schüler, der Geschwister oder anderer Kinder gegenüber dem Lehrkörper, den Eltern oder anderen Erwachsenen meldet
- 2Bärin
- 3weiblicher Hund
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Petze appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Michaela kennen wir nur als Petze.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.