admit
[ədˈmɪt]
The verdict
“admit” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. 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) - Zutritt gewähren, erlauben, gestatten
Corpus desk
Index DE-admit · admit · German
admit · 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 | admit |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ədˈmɪt] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „admit“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
admit is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ədˈmɪt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for admit in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is admit, spelled A-D-M-I-T.
Definition
- 1Zutritt gewähren, erlauben, gestatten
- 2sich oder Anderen etwas eingestehen, zugeben, gestehen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how admit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"She felt almost persuaded that Miss Tilney was at home, and too much offended to admit her; and as she retired down the street, could not withhold one glance at the drawing-room windows, in expectation of seeing her there, but no one appeared at them."
Synonyms
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.