anpassungsfähig
[ˈanpasʊŋsˌfɛːɪç]
The verdict
“anpassungsfähig” is uncommon German (frequency #73,234 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,234
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - in der Lage (fähig), sich auf die Umgebung/Bedingungen/Anforderungen einzustellen
Corpus desk
Index DE-anpassungsfahig · anpassungsfähig · German
anpassungsfähig · rank #73,234 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,234
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH Anmutung
Nearest frequency peer: Anmutung (-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 „anpassungsfähig“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Anhängerin
Anhängerin
26,771 corpus weight
- animus
animus
26,770 corpus weight
- Ankäufe
Ankäufe
26,769 corpus weight
- Anmutung
Anmutung
26,768 corpus weight
- anpassungsf…
anpassungsfähig
26,767 corpus weight
- Antagonist
Antagonist
26,764 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „anpassungsfähig“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | anpassungsfähig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈanpasʊŋsˌfɛːɪç] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Frequency rank | #73,234 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „anpassungsfähig“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
anpassungsfähig is uncommon German at frequency #73,234 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈanpasʊŋsˌfɛːɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "in der Lage (fähig), sich auf die Umgebung/Bedingungen/Anforderungen einzustellen".
anpassungsfähig has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 anpassungsfähig, spelled A-N-P-A-S-S-U-N-G-S-F-Ä-H-I-G.
Definition
- 1in der Lage (fähig), sich auf die Umgebung/Bedingungen/Anforderungen einzustellen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how anpassungsfähig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Spatzen und Tauben sind an fast jede Umgebung anpassungsfähig, in der es für sie genügend Futter gibt.
„Er schrieb: »Nicht die stärkste Art überlebt, auch nicht die intelligenteste, sondern die anpassungsfähigste.«“
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This word in other languages
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.
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