Polyglot Dictionary

Adoption

/adɔpˈtsi̯oːn/

die noun C1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Adoptionen

Meaning

  1. adoption

    • Die Adoption des Kindes dauerte ein Jahr.

      The adoption of the child took a year.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Spanish

adopción

adopción is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "adoption."

Portuguese

adoção

adoção is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "adoption."

Practice

1 What does Adoption mean?

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