German

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Etymology

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From batzen (to be soft or sticky; to do surface-level work), itself from backen (to stick together; cake), a sense that derived from the idea of baking.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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patzen (weak, third-person singular present patzt, past tense patzte, past participle gepatzt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to blunder

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • patzen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • patzen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • patzen” in Duden online
  • patzen” in OpenThesaurus.de
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