Tat
German, noun
Tat is spelled T-A-T (3 letters) and appears 93 times per million words in written German, the 934th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tat is a German feminine noun meaning “deed” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, tat is a different word: “first/third-person singular preterite of tun”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “einmalige Handlung, die etwas Gutes oder Böses bewirkt”.
What does Tat mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedeed
- 2
feminineact, action
ein Mann der Tat
- 3
femininecrime, offense
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular preterite of tun
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. einmalige Handlung, die etwas Gutes oder Böses bewirkt 2. kurz für „(mutmaßliche) Straftat“
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 Tat
- Taten plural
- That alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Tat
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Tat in German?
Tat appears 93 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).