Tatze
[ˈtat͡sə]
The verdict
“Tatze” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fuß bestimmter Tierarten wie Katzen und Bären
Corpus desk
Index DE-tatze · Tatze · German
Tatze · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Tatze |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈtat͡sə] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Tatze“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Tatze is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈtat͡sə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Fuß bestimmter Tierarten wie Katzen und Bären".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Tatze, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Tatze, spelled T-A-T-Z-E.
Definition
- 1Fuß bestimmter Tierarten wie Katzen und Bären
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Tatze appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Katze läuft sanft mit ihren Tatzen auf den Schultern der Hexe.
Die Tatzen haben scharfe Krallen.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.