Adjunkt
[ˌatˈjʊnkt]
The verdict
“Adjunkt” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - der Gehilfe eines Beamten
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Adjunkt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˌatˈjʊnkt] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Adjunkt” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Adjunkt is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˌatˈjʊnkt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Adjunkt has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. 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 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 Adjunkt, spelled A-D-J-U-N-K-T.
Definition
- 1der Gehilfe eines Beamten
- 2niederer Beamter
- 3höherer Beamter
- 4akademischer Helfer im höheren Bildungs- und Forschungswesen
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.
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Using “Adjunkt”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is A-D-J-U-N-K-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˌatˈjʊnkt] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.