Adliger

[ˈaːdlɪɡɐ]

/[ˈaːdlɪɡɐ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Adliger” is uncommon German (frequency #58,517 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#58,517
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Angehöriger des Adels

Corpus desk

Index DE-adliger · Adliger · German

Adliger · rank #58,517 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #58,517
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH abwechslungsr…

Nearest frequency peer: abwechslungsreicher (-1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Adliger“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Adliger“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Adliger
PropertyValue
HeadwordAdliger
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈaːdlɪɡɐ]
Letters7
Frequency rank#58,517
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Adliger“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Adligerfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „abwechslungsreicher“ (#58,516), „Abwandlungen“ (#58,515), „Abtritt“ (#58,514). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „Adliger“ bei #58,517. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Adliger is uncommon German at frequency #58,517 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈaːdlɪɡɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Angehöriger des Adels".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Adliger, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Adliger, spelled A-D-L-I-G-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Angehöriger des Adels

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Adliger appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Die Hofämter waren zumeist von Adligen wahrgenommene Aufgaben, die ursprünglich das Funktionieren des fürstlichen Haushalts zu gewährleisten hatten.“
  2. „Beschenkt von Adligen und Bischöfen, errichten die Templer europaweit Niederlassungen, die sogenannten Komtureien.“

Synonyms

Aristokrat

Antonyms

Rotürier

This word in other languages

aristocrat(English)aristócrata(Español)aristocrate(Français)nobre(Português)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Adliger"?
"Adliger" is spelled A-D-L-I-G-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈaːdlɪɡɐ].
What does "Adliger" mean?
As a noun, "Adliger" means: Angehöriger des Adels
How do you pronounce "Adliger"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Adliger" is [ˈaːdlɪɡɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Adliger" come from?
"Adliger" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Adliger", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Abtritt#58,514abbrach#58,505Alzenau#58,529zielten#58,476

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list