Adaptation
German, noun[adaptaˈt͡si̯oːn]
Adaptation is spelled A-D-A-P-T-A-T-I-O-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 73,335th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Adaptation is a German feminine noun meaning “adaptation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Anpassung oder Anpassungsvermögen”.
What does Adaptation mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineadaptation
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Anpassung oder Anpassungsvermögen 2. Anpassung des Auges an wechselnde Lichtverhältnisse
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 Adaptation
- Adaptationen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Adaptation?
- [adaptaˈt͡si̯oːn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Adaptation in German?
Adaptation appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).