tatschen
German, verb
tatschen is spelled T-A-T-S-C-H-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 58 million words in written German, the 464,147th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tatschen is a German verb meaning “to paw, to touch clumsily (especially with the palm of the hand)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Tatschen is a different word: “gerund of tatschen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “anfassen, meist auf ungeschickte und plumpe Art”.
What does tatschen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to paw, to touch clumsily (especially with the palm of the hand)
Tatsch mir hier nicht an die Fensterscheibe!
- 2
to touch inappropriately, to be touchy-feely, to grope (may but need not necessarily be sexual; tends to have a less harsh sound than grapschen)
In den Laden geh ich nicht mehr, die tatschen mir da zu viel.
noun
- 1
neutergerund of tatschen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. anfassen, meist auf ungeschickte und plumpe Art
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 tatschen
- tatscht present singular third-person
- tatschte past
- getatscht participle past
- haben auxiliary
- tatschend participle present
- tatsche first-person indicative present
- tatschst indicative present second-person
- tatschest second-person singular subjunctive
- tatschet plural second-person subjunctive
- tatschten first-person indicative plural
- tatschtest indicative preterite second-person
- tatschtet indicative plural preterite
- tatsch imperative second-person singular
- habe getatscht first-person indicative multiword-construction
- tatsch! imperative singular
- tatsche! imperative singular
- tatscht! imperative plural
- getatscht haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is tatschen in German?
tatschen appears about once in every 58 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).