Adposition
[atpoziˈt͡si̯oːn]
The verdict
“Adposition” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Oberbegriff für unflektierbare Wörter, die eine Ergänzung in einem bestimmten Kasus fordern
Corpus desk
Index DE-adposition · Adposition · German
Adposition · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | Adposition |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [atpoziˈt͡si̯oːn] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Adposition“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Adposition is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [atpoziˈt͡si̯oːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Oberbegriff für unflektierbare Wörter, die eine Ergänzung in einem bestimmten Kasus fordern".
Adposition doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Adposition, spelled A-D-P-O-S-I-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Oberbegriff für unflektierbare Wörter, die eine Ergänzung in einem bestimmten Kasus fordern
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Adposition appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Adpositionen bestimmen den Kasus des Satzgliedes, zu dem sie gehören.
Die Adposition „bei“ in dem Satzglied „bei meiner Wohnung“ ist eine Präposition und bestimmt, dass dieses Satzglied im Dativ steht.
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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.