Adoption
German, noun[adɔpˈt͡si̯oːn]
Adoption is spelled A-D-O-P-T-I-O-N (8 letters) and appears 2.9 times per million words in written German, the 18,511th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Adoption is a German feminine noun meaning “adoption (voluntary acceptance of a child of other parents to be the same as one's own child)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “rechtliche Annahme eines nicht leiblichen Kindes als eigenes Kind”.
What does Adoption mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineadoption (voluntary acceptance of a child of other parents to be the same as one's own child)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. rechtliche Annahme eines nicht leiblichen Kindes als eigenes Kind
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Adoption
- Adoptionen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Adoption?
- [adɔpˈt͡si̯oːn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Adoption
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Adoption in German?
Adoption appears 2.9 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).