Watten
German, noun/ˈvatn̩/
Watten is spelled W-A-T-T-E-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written German, the 172,698th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Watten is a German neuter noun meaning “A card game for four people, played in Bavaria, Austria, South Tyrol and Switzerland” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a plural of Watte. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Kartenspiel für vier Personen, das besonders in Bayern, Österreich, Südtirol und der Schweiz gespielt wird…”.
What does Watten mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterA card game for four people, played in Bavaria, Austria, South Tyrol and Switzerland.
noun
- 1
feminineplural of Watte
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Kartenspiel für vier Personen, das besonders in Bayern, Österreich, Südtirol und der Schweiz gespielt wird, jeweils mit regional etwas unterschiedlichen Regeln
verb: 1. Watten spielen
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 Watten
- Wattens genitive
- watte present
- wattest present
- wattet present
- wattete past
- watt! imperative singular
- watte! imperative singular
- wattet! imperative plural
- gewattet participle-2 perfect
- haben auxiliary perfect
- gewattet haben active infinitive perfect
- zu watten active extended infinitive
- gewattet zu haben active extended infinitive
- wattend participle present active
- habe gewattet! imperative uncommon second-person
- habt gewattet! imperative uncommon second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Watten?
- /ˈvatn̩/
- [ˈvatn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Watten in German?
Watten appears about once in every 10 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).