Add.
The verdict
“Add.” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an abbreviation. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - lateinisch Addendum / Addenda - Zusatz, Zusätze; Nachtrag, Nachträge
Corpus desk
Index DE-add · Add. · German
Add. · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- 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 | Add. |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Abbreviation |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Add.“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Add. is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anabbreviation. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "lateinisch Addendum / Addenda - Zusatz, Zusätze; Nachtrag, Nachträge".
Add. doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Add., spelled A-D-D-..
Definition
- 1lateinisch Addendum / Addenda - Zusatz, Zusätze; Nachtrag, Nachträge
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Add. appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Add.: persönliche Erklärung des Zeugen
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