Patt

Borrowed from French pat (“stalemate [in chess]”).

• IPA^(key): /pat/
• Rhymes: -at

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Patt n (strong, genitive Patts, plural Patts)

1. (chess) stalemate
2. (figurative) stalemate; tie (situation where two sides are equally strong, often leading to stagnation)

   das Atompatt zwischen den Blöcken

   the nuclear stalemate between the blocs

   Die Wahl endete mit einem Patt zwischen der regierenden Koalition und der Opposition.

   The election ended in a tie between the incumbent coalition and the opposition.

• Not commonly used for stagnation that is due to an inability or unwillingness to reach a compromise, as in a negotiation. For that use Sackgasse or Stillstand.

• Pattsituation
• Pattstellung

• “Patt” in Duden online

• Patti

• IPA^(key): /pʰat/

Patt m (plural Patte)

1. godfather

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

• IPA^(key): [pɑt]
• Rhymes: -ɑt

From northwestern Middle High German pot, itself either an unshifted relict or a borrowing from Middle Dutch, from Proto-West Germanic *pott. Cognate with German Pott, Dutch pot, English pot, French pot. The sense “(large) drinking vessel” is also found in neighbouring dialects of Moselle Franconian.

Patt m (plural Pätt, diminutive Pättchen)

1. a drinking vessel, now chiefly one for alcoholic drinks

   Synonyms: Glas, Wäiglas, Flütt, Béierglas, Béierkrou, Humpen

2. the quantity of liquid in such a vessel
3. a round of drinks

   Synonym: Tournée

Borrowed from French patte (“paw”).

Patt f (plural Patten, diminutive Pättchen)

1. paw of an animal, or (derogatory) hand of a person

   Synonym: Pout

2. (botany) bud

   Synonym: Knapp

• There is a tendency to use Patt of animals and Pout (disparagingly) of people, but both words have both senses.

• Routpatt (“redshank”)