Tollpatsch
German, noun/ˈtɔlpat͡ʃ/
Tollpatsch is a German masculine noun meaning “klutz, blunderer, butterfingers (clumsy person)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ungeschickter Mensch, Pechvogel”.
What does Tollpatsch mean in English?
noun
- 1
derogatorymasculineobsoletea Hungarian or Hungarian-origin soldier that does not converse well
- 2
masculineklutz, blunderer, butterfingers (clumsy person)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ungeschickter Mensch, Pechvogel
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 Tollpatsch
- Tollpatsches genitive
- Tollpatschs genitive
- Tollpatsche plural
- Tollpatschen dative definite plural
- Dolpatsch alternative archaic
- Dalpatsch alternative archaic
- Talpatsch alternative archaic
- Tolpatsch alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Tollpatsch?
- /ˈtɔlpat͡ʃ/
- [ˈtɔlpat͡ʃ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Tollpatsch
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Tollpatsch in German?
Tollpatsch appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).