Petzer
German, noun/ˈpɛt͡sɐ/
Petzer is spelled P-E-T-Z-E-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 28 million words in written German, the 309,493rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Petzer is a German masculine noun meaning “tattletale, tattler (of male or unspecified sex)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Person, die eine anderen wissen lässt, dass jemand Anderer etwas unerlaubt, unrechtmäßig oder dergleichen…”.
What does Petzer mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetattletale, tattler (of male or unspecified sex)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Person, die eine anderen wissen lässt, dass jemand Anderer etwas unerlaubt, unrechtmäßig oder dergleichen getan hat
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 Petzer
- Petzers genitive
- Petzerin feminine
- Petzern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Petzer?
- /ˈpɛt͡sɐ/
- [ˈpɛt͡sɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Petzer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Petzer in German?
Petzer appears about once in every 28 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).