Tollpatschigkeit
German, noun/ˈtɔlpat͡ʃɪçkaɪ̯t/
Tollpatschigkeit is spelled T-O-L-L-P-A-T-S-C-H-I-G-K-E-I-T (16 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written German, the 211,221st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tollpatschigkeit is a German feminine noun meaning “clumsiness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Eigenschaft, ungeschickt (tollpatschig) zu sein”.
What does Tollpatschigkeit mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineclumsiness
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Eigenschaft, ungeschickt (tollpatschig) zu sein 2. Aktion, die von der Eigenschaft, ungeschickt zu sein, geprägt ist
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 Tollpatschigkeit
- Tollpatschigkeiten plural
- Tolpatschigkeit alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Tollpatschigkeit?
- /ˈtɔlpat͡ʃɪçkaɪ̯t/
- [ˈtɔlpat͡ʃɪçkaɪ̯t]
- [ˈtɔlpat͡ʃɪkkaɪ̯t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Tollpatschigkeit in German?
Tollpatschigkeit appears about once in every 14 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).