Potentat
German, noun/potɛnˈtaːt/
Potentat is spelled P-O-T-E-N-T-A-T (8 letters) and appears about once in every 42 million words in written German, the 386,396th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Potentat is a German masculine noun meaning “potentate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Person, die politische oder viel militärische Macht besitzt”.
What does Potentat mean in English?
noun
- 1
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Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Person, die politische oder viel militärische Macht besitzt
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 Potentat
- Potentaten genitive
- Potentatin feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Potentat?
- /potɛnˈtaːt/
- [potɛnˈtaːt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Potentat
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Potentat in German?
Potentat appears about once in every 42 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).