adaptieren

/[ˌadapˈtiːʁən]/ verb

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#60,318

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

adaptieren is aGermanverb. It means: etwas an andere Gegebenheiten anpassen Pronounced [ˌadapˈtiːʁən].

Key facts for adaptieren
PropertyValue
Headwordadaptieren
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˌadapˈtiːʁən]
Letters10
Frequency rank#60,318
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of adaptieren in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for adaptieren is 10 letters long, classified as averb, 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 frequent misspelling variants are recorded for adaptieren in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is adaptieren, spelled A-D-A-P-T-I-E-R-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    etwas an andere Gegebenheiten anpassen
  2. 2
    sich an wechselnde Lichtverhältnisse anpassen
  3. 3
    eine Wohnung oder Räume für einen bestimmten Zweck herrichten

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This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #60,318 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "adaptieren"?
"adaptieren" is spelled A-D-A-P-T-I-E-R-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˌadapˈtiːʁən].
What does "adaptieren" mean?
As a verb, "adaptieren" means: etwas an andere Gegebenheiten anpassen
How do you pronounce "adaptieren"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "adaptieren" is [ˌadapˈtiːʁən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "adaptieren" come from?
"adaptieren" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.