Adapter
German, noun/aˈdaptɐ/
Adapter is spelled A-D-A-P-T-E-R (7 letters) and appears 2.3 times per million words in written German, the 21,930th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Adapter is a German masculine noun meaning “adapter (device or application used to achieve operative compatibility)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “technische Einrichtung zur Anpassung zwischen zwei miteinander zu verbindenden Komponenten mit…”.
What does Adapter mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineadapter (device or application used to achieve operative compatibility)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. technische Einrichtung zur Anpassung zwischen zwei miteinander zu verbindenden Komponenten mit unterschiedlicher Schnittstelle
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 Adapter
- Adapters genitive
- Adaptern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Adapter?
- /aˈdaptɐ/
- [aˈdaptɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Adapter
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Adapter in German?
Adapter appears 2.3 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).