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Adelsgeschlecht

German, noun/ˈʔaːdl̩ɡəˌʃlɛçt/

Adelsgeschlecht is spelled A-D-E-L-S-G-E-S-C-H-L-E-C-H-T (15 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 104,034th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Adelsgeschlecht is a German neuter noun meaning “noble house” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine Familie oder Linie des Adels; eine Gruppe von verwandten Personen, die aufgrund ihrer Abstammung dem…”.

What does Adelsgeschlecht mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    neuternoble house

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

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. eine Familie oder Linie des Adels; eine Gruppe von verwandten Personen, die aufgrund ihrer Abstammung dem Adel angehören

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 Adelsgeschlecht

  • Adelsgeschlechts genitive
  • Adelsgeschlechtes genitive
  • Adelsgeschlechter plural
  • Adelsgeschlechte dative singular
  • Adelsgeschlechtern dative definite plural

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

How do you pronounce Adelsgeschlecht?

  • /ˈʔaːdl̩ɡəˌʃlɛçt/
  • [ˈaːdl̩sɡəˌʃlɛçt]

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

How common is Adelsgeschlecht in German?

Adelsgeschlecht appears about once in every 4 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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