adoptiv
[adɔpˈtiːf]
The verdict
“adoptiv” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - auf Adoption beruhend
Corpus desk
Index DE-adoptiv · adoptiv · German
adoptiv · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | adoptiv |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [adɔpˈtiːf] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „adoptiv“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
adoptiv is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [adɔpˈtiːf]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "auf Adoption beruhend".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for adoptiv, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 adoptiv, spelled A-D-O-P-T-I-V.
Definition
- 1auf Adoption beruhend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how adoptiv appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Um diese sich kulturell abzeichnende, jedoch keinesfalls einzigartige, islamische Institution der adoptiven Verbindung und Patronage richtig zu begreifen, sind weitere vergleichende anthropologische Betrachtungen nötig, …
Der adoptive Zelltransfer bezeichnet den Transfer von Zellen in einen Organismus.
Synonyms
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.