🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

Adoleszenz

Pronunciation / Transliteration: Adoleszenz

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
adolescence/ˌædəˈlesns/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Die Adoleszenz ist eine Übergangsphase vom Kind zum Erwachsenen."

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1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    The period following the onset of puberty during which a young person develops from a child into an adult.

    "She spent much of her adolescence reading books in her room."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Late Middle English: from Latin adolescentia, from adolescere 'grow up'.

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