addiction
[əˈdɪkʃən]
The verdict
“addiction” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Zustand, auf jemand oder etwas angewiesen zu sein
Corpus desk
Index DE-addiction · addiction · German
addiction · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | addiction |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [əˈdɪkʃən] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „addiction“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
addiction is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [əˈdɪkʃən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
addiction has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is addiction, spelled A-D-D-I-C-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Zustand, auf jemand oder etwas angewiesen zu sein
- 2Gewohnheit oder Tätigkeit, die das Leben von jemandem schädigt, gefährdet oder verkürzt, jedoch bei einer Reduzierung oder Absetzung zu krankhaften körperlichen und psychischen Erscheinungen führt
- 3krankhafte Beziehung zur Herbeiführung eines angenehmen Gefühls, welche lebensgefährliche Folgen hat
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how addiction appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
His addiction was to courses vain. (aus Shakespeare)
Synonyms
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.