ratzen
German, verb/ˈʁat͡sən/
ratzen is spelled R-A-T-Z-E-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 23 million words in written German, the 274,993rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ratzen is a German verb meaning “to sleep” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “(laut schnarchend) schlafen”.
What does ratzen mean in English?
verb
- 1
informalto sleep
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. (laut schnarchend) schlafen
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 ratzen
- ratzt present singular third-person
- ratzte past
- geratzt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- ratzend participle present
- ratze first-person indicative present
- ratzest second-person singular subjunctive
- ratzet plural second-person subjunctive
- ratzten first-person indicative plural
- ratztest indicative preterite second-person
- ratztet indicative plural preterite
- ratz imperative second-person singular
- habe geratzt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben geratzt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- ratz! imperative singular
- ratze! imperative singular
- ratzt! imperative plural
- geratzt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ratzen?
- /ˈʁat͡sən/
- [ˈʁat͡sn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ratzen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ratzen in German?
ratzen appears about once in every 23 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).