Adept
[aˈdɛpt]
The verdict
“Adept” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemand, der in eine geheime Wissenschaft oder Kunst (wie zum Beispiel Alchemie) eingeweiht ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-adept · Adept · German
Adept · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | Adept |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [aˈdɛpt] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Adept“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Adept is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [aˈdɛpt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Adept in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Adept, spelled A-D-E-P-T.
Definition
- 1jemand, der in eine geheime Wissenschaft oder Kunst (wie zum Beispiel Alchemie) eingeweiht ist
- 2Schüler, Anhänger einer Wissenschaft
- 3fanatischer, höriger Anhänger einer Anschauung
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Adept appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der, in Gesellschaft von Adepten / Sich in die Schwarze Küche schloß
„Sie hatte von diesem Adepten der Schwarzen Magie gehört.“
This word in other languages
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.