Adoptiveltern

[adɔpˈtiːfˌʔɛltɐn]

/[adɔpˈtiːfˌʔɛltɐn]/ noun

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The verdict

“Adoptiveltern” is uncommon German (frequency #73,207 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#73,207
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die nicht leiblichen Eltern eines adoptierten Kindes (Adoptivkindes)

Corpus desk

Index DE-adoptiveltern · Adoptiveltern · German

Adoptiveltern · rank #73,207 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #73,207
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH Admirals

Nearest frequency peer: Admirals (-2 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 „Adoptiveltern“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Adoptiveltern
PropertyValue
HeadwordAdoptiveltern
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[adɔpˈtiːfˌʔɛltɐn]
Letters13
Frequency rank#73,207
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Adoptiveltern“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Adoptivelternfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Admirals“ (#73,205), „Afra“ (#73,209), „Adaptation“ (#73,204). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „Adoptiveltern“ bei #73,207. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Adoptiveltern is uncommon German at frequency #73,207 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [adɔpˈtiːfˌʔɛltɐn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "die nicht leiblichen Eltern eines adoptierten Kindes (Adoptivkindes)".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Adoptiveltern in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Adoptiveltern, spelled A-D-O-P-T-I-V-E-L-T-E-R-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    die nicht leiblichen Eltern eines adoptierten Kindes (Adoptivkindes)

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Dann können die künftigen Adoptiveltern sogar die Geburt miterleben und ›ihr‹ Kind noch im Kreißsaal in die Arme schließen.“

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 "Adoptiveltern"?
"Adoptiveltern" is spelled A-D-O-P-T-I-V-E-L-T-E-R-N. The IPA pronunciation is [adɔpˈtiːfˌʔɛltɐn].
What does "Adoptiveltern" mean?
As a noun, "Adoptiveltern" means: die nicht leiblichen Eltern eines adoptierten Kindes (Adoptivkindes)
How do you pronounce "Adoptiveltern"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Adoptiveltern" is [adɔpˈtiːfˌʔɛltɐn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list