how to pronounce patient

/paˈt͡si̯ɛnt/

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patient is pronounced in two syllables

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t͡s

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An example use of patient in a speech by a native speaker of standard german:

“… nicht fest ob der patient aus weilheim …”

meanings of patient

noun:

Patient (male or of unspecified sex or female).

patient frequency in german - C1 level of CEFR

the word patient occurs in german on average 11.8 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.