adaptieren
[ˌadapˈtiːʁən]
The verdict
“adaptieren” is an uncommon German word, ranked #60,318 in German word frequency and used as a verb.
- #60,318
- frequency rank, German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - etwas an andere Gegebenheiten anpassen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | adaptieren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˌadapˈtiːʁən] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #60,318 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “adaptieren” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for adaptieren is 10 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˌadapˈtiːʁən]. Corpus data places it at rank #60,318 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No generated misspelling entries exist for adaptieren in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is adaptieren, spelled A-D-A-P-T-I-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1etwas an andere Gegebenheiten anpassen
- 2sich an wechselnde Lichtverhältnisse anpassen
- 3eine Wohnung oder Räume für einen bestimmten Zweck herrichten
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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.
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Using “adaptieren”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is A-D-A-P-T-I-E-R-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˌadapˈtiːʁən] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.