Privatpatient
German, noun[pʁiˈvaːtpaˌt͡si̯ɛnt]
Privatpatient is spelled P-R-I-V-A-T-P-A-T-I-E-N-T (13 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written German, the 142,439th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Privatpatient is a German masculine noun meaning “a patient who is member of a private health insurance, as opposed to a member of an insurance that belongs to the national health insurance…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Person, die ihre Gesundheitskosten selbst zahlt beziehungsweise von einer dafür abgeschlossenen privaten…”.
What does Privatpatient mean in English?
noun
- 1
colloquialmasculinea patient who is member of a private health insurance, as opposed to a member of an insurance that belongs to the national health insurance system
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Person, die ihre Gesundheitskosten selbst zahlt beziehungsweise von einer dafür abgeschlossenen privaten Krankenversicherung zahlen lässt
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 Privatpatient
- Privatpatienten genitive
- Privatpatientin feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Privatpatient?
- [pʁiˈvaːtpaˌt͡si̯ɛnt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Privatpatient in German?
Privatpatient appears about once in every 7 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).