Akkulturation
[akʊltuʁaˈt͡si̯oːn]
The verdict
“Akkulturation” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Annahme fremder Kultur, Angleichung an fremde Kultur
Corpus desk
Index DE-akkulturation · Akkulturation · German
Akkulturation · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | Akkulturation |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [akʊltuʁaˈt͡si̯oːn] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Akkulturation“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Akkulturation is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [akʊltuʁaˈt͡si̯oːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Annahme fremder Kultur, Angleichung an fremde Kultur".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Akkulturation, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Akkulturation, spelled A-K-K-U-L-T-U-R-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Annahme fremder Kultur, Angleichung an fremde Kultur
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Akkulturation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Im Laufe der Zeit kam es zu einer Akkulturation der eingewanderten Westsemiten, wenn auch nicht in demselben Ausmaß wie rund 1000 Jahre früher im Falle der Amurriter.“
„In der zweiten Hälfte des 19. Jahrhunderts gingen die Auseinandersetzungen zwischen Misnagdim und Chassidim zurück, weil beide Gruppen sich gleichermaßen von den Kräften der allgemeinen Modernisierung und der beginnenden Akkulturation an die Welt der Nichtjuden bedroht sahen.“
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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.