# jung vs jüngst

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### jung
*adjective · IPA [jʊŋ] · frequency rank #1,700*
niedrigen Alters

### jüngst
*adverb · IPA [jʏŋst] · frequency rank #12,740*
vor kurzem

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/jung-vs-jungst