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adelige

German, adjective[ˈaːdəlɪɡə]

adelige is spelled A-D-E-L-I-G-E (7 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written German, the 36,861st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Adelige is a German feminine adjective meaning “strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does adelige mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    femininestrong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular

  2. 2

    strong nominative/accusative plural

  3. 3

    weak nominative all-gender singular

  4. 4

    feminineneuterweak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. weibliche Angehörige des Adels

The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.

Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of adelige

  • Adlige variant
  • Adeliger masculine
  • Adeligen dative plural
  • die Adelige nominative singular
  • die Adeligen nominative plural
  • der Adeligen genitive singular
  • den Adeligen dative plural
  • eine Adelige nominative singular
  • keine Adeligen nominative plural
  • einer Adeligen genitive singular
  • keiner Adeligen genitive plural
  • keinen Adeligen dative plural

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce adelige?

  • [ˈaːdəlɪɡə]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to adelige

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is adelige in German?

adelige appears 1.1 times per million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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