adulten

[aˈdʊltn̩]

/[aˈdʊltn̩]/ adj

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The verdict

“adulten” is uncommon German (frequency #89,912 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#89,912
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs adult

Corpus desk

Index DE-adulten · adulten · German

adulten · rank #89,912 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #89,912
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH achteinhalb

Nearest frequency peer: achteinhalb (-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 „adulten“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for adulten
PropertyValue
Headwordadulten
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[aˈdʊltn̩]
Letters7
Frequency rank#89,912
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „adulten“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).adultenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „achteinhalb“ (#89,910), „Adventskranz“ (#89,914), „Adverbien“ (#89,915). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „adulten“ bei #89,912. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

adulten is uncommon German at frequency #89,912 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [aˈdʊltn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 12 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for adulten, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is adulten, spelled A-D-U-L-T-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs adult
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs adult
  3. 3
    Genitiv Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs adult
  4. 4
    Dativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs adult
  5. 5
    Genitiv Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs adult
  6. 6
    Dativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs adult
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs adult
  8. 8
    Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs adult
  9. 9
    Genitiv Singular alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs adult
  10. 10
    Dativ Singular alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs adult
  11. 11
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs adult
  12. 12
    Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs adult

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 "adulten"?
"adulten" is spelled A-D-U-L-T-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [aˈdʊltn̩].
What does "adulten" mean?
As an adjective, "adulten" means: Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs adult
How do you pronounce "adulten"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "adulten" is [aˈdʊltn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "adulten" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Ärmchen#89,885Aramäer#89,941Zünften#89,882zündeln#89,881

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list