Aufmerksamkeitsdefizitsyndrom
German, noun/ˈaʊ̯fmɛʁkzaːmkaɪ̯t͡sˌdefit͡sɪtzʏndʁoːm/
Aufmerksamkeitsdefizitsyndrom is spelled A-U-F-M-E-R-K-S-A-M-K-E-I-T-S-D-E-F-I-Z-I-T-S-Y-N-D-R-O-M (29 letters) and appears about once in every 55 million words in written German, the 452,179th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aufmerksamkeitsdefizitsyndrom is a German neuter noun meaning “attention deficit disorder” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Störung der Konzentrationsfähigkeit”.
What does Aufmerksamkeitsdefizitsyndrom mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterattention deficit disorder
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Störung der Konzentrationsfähigkeit
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Aufmerksamkeitsdefizitsyndrom
- Aufmerksamkeitsdefizitsyndromes genitive
- Aufmerksamkeitsdefizitsyndroms genitive
- Aufmerksamkeitsdefizitsyndrome plural
- Aufmerksamkeitsdefizitsyndromen dative definite plural
- Aufmerksamkeitsdefizit-Syndrom alternative
- ADS abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Aufmerksamkeitsdefizitsyndrom?
- /ˈaʊ̯fmɛʁkzaːmkaɪ̯t͡sˌdefit͡sɪtzʏndʁoːm/
- [ˈaʊ̯fmɛʁkzaːmkaɪ̯t͡sˌdefit͡sɪtzʏndʁoːm]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Aufmerksamkeitsdefizitsyndrom in German?
Aufmerksamkeitsdefizitsyndrom appears about once in every 55 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).