Adaptation

[adaptaˈt͡si̯oːn]

/[adaptaˈt͡si̯oːn]/ noun

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The verdict

“Adaptation” is uncommon German (frequency #73,204 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#73,204
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Anpassung oder Anpassungsvermögen

Corpus desk

Index DE-adaptation · Adaptation · German

Adaptation · rank #73,204 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #73,204
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH actor

Nearest frequency peer: actor (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Adaptation“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Adaptation“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Adaptation
PropertyValue
HeadwordAdaptation
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[adaptaˈt͡si̯oːn]
Letters10
Frequency rank#73,204
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Adaptation“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Adaptationfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „actor“ (#73,203), „Admirals“ (#73,205), „abzuändern“ (#73,201). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „Adaptation“ bei #73,204. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Adaptation is uncommon German at frequency #73,204 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [adaptaˈt͡si̯oːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for Adaptation in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Adaptation, spelled A-D-A-P-T-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Anpassung oder Anpassungsvermögen
  2. 2
    Anpassung des Auges an wechselnde Lichtverhältnisse

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Adaptation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Es ist daher im Sinne des Tierschutzes und zugleich der Qualität des experimentellen Ergebnisses, den Tieren durch ausreichende Adaptation und Konditionierung die Angst zu nehmen[.]“
  2. Die Adaptation wird durch die Iris, die Akkommodation hauptsächlich durch die Linse bewerkstelligt.

Synonyms

Adaption

Antonyms

AkkommodationExaptation

This word in other languages

adaptation(English)adaptación(Español)adaptation(Français)adaptação(Português)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Adaptation"?
"Adaptation" is spelled A-D-A-P-T-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is [adaptaˈt͡si̯oːn].
What does "Adaptation" mean?
As a noun, "Adaptation" means: Anpassung oder Anpassungsvermögen
How do you pronounce "Adaptation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Adaptation" is [adaptaˈt͡si̯oːn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Adaptation" come from?
"Adaptation" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Adaptation", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

abzuändern#73,201abserviert#73,199Allegorien#73,213Allokation#73,215

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list