Adäquanz
[adɛˈkvant͡s]
The verdict
“Adäquanz” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Angemessenheit und Üblichkeit (eines Verhaltens nach den Maßstäben der Gesellschaftsordnung)
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Index DE-adaquanz · Adäquanz · German
Adäquanz · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Adäquanz |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [adɛˈkvant͡s] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Adäquanz“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Adäquanz is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [adɛˈkvant͡s]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Angemessenheit und Üblichkeit (eines Verhaltens nach den Maßstäben der Gesellschaftsordnung)".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Adäquanz in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Adäquanz, spelled A-D-Ä-Q-U-A-N-Z.
Definition
- 1Angemessenheit und Üblichkeit (eines Verhaltens nach den Maßstäben der Gesellschaftsordnung)
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Adäquanz appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Objektive Chance und typische Adäquanz sind demzufolge korrelativ, soweit es sich um abgelaufenes Verhalten handelt.“
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.