altersbedingt

[ˈaltɐsbəˌdɪŋt]

/[ˈaltɐsbəˌdɪŋt]/ adj

The verdict

“altersbedingt” is uncommon German (frequency #67,975 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,975
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mit einem bestimmten Lebensalter, einer Altersstufe zusammenhängend, dadurch hervorgerufen

Corpus desk

Index DE-altersbedingt · altersbedingt · German

altersbedingt · rank #67,975 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #67,975
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH Altenheimen

Nearest frequency peer: Altenheimen (-1 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 „altersbedingt“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for altersbedingt
PropertyValue
Headwordaltersbedingt
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈaltɐsbəˌdɪŋt]
Letters13
Frequency rank#67,975
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „altersbedingt“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Altenheimen“ (#67,974), „Amethyst“ (#67,977), „Anfällen“ (#67,978). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „altersbedingt“ bei #67,975. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

altersbedingt is uncommon German at frequency #67,975 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈaltɐsbəˌdɪŋt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

altersbedingt has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is altersbedingt, spelled A-L-T-E-R-S-B-E-D-I-N-G-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    mit einem bestimmten Lebensalter, einer Altersstufe zusammenhängend, dadurch hervorgerufen
  2. 2
    auf hohem Lebensalter gründend, durch ein hohes Lebensalter bedingt, dieses betreffend

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Kinder- und Hausärzte, die mit Mutismus … keine Erfahrungen haben, glauben oft an eine altersbedingte Introvertiertheit, die sich mit der Zeit ‚auswächst‘.“
  2. „Die altersbedingte Makuladegeneration (AMD) ist eine Augenerkrankung, welche für einen Großteil der Sehbehinderungen bei Personen über 50 Jahren verantwortlich ist.“

Synonyms

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 "altersbedingt"?
"altersbedingt" is spelled A-L-T-E-R-S-B-E-D-I-N-G-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈaltɐsbəˌdɪŋt].
What does "altersbedingt" mean?
As an adjective, "altersbedingt" means: mit einem bestimmten Lebensalter, einer Altersstufe zusammenhängend, dadurch hervorgerufen
How do you pronounce "altersbedingt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "altersbedingt" is [ˈaltɐsbəˌdɪŋt]. 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 "altersbedingt", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list