adopt
[ədɒpt]
The verdict
“adopt” 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) - adoptieren, (an Kindes Statt) annehmen
Corpus desk
Index DE-adopt · adopt · German
adopt · 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 | adopt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ədɒpt] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „adopt“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
adopt is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ədɒpt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for adopt, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, 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, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is adopt, spelled A-D-O-P-T.
Definition
- 1adoptieren, (an Kindes Statt) annehmen
- 2annehmen, übernehmen, einführen, (sich ein Verfahren) zu eigen machen, (Handlungsweise) wählen, (Maßregeln) ergreifen
- 3(politisch; einer Gesetzesvorlage) zustimmen
- 4(politisch; einen Kandidaten für die nächste Wahl) annehmen
- 5stibitzen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how adopt appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
She was adopted at the age of two.
I adopt your suggestions for my database schema.
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.