# Junge vs jüngst

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Junge
*noun · IPA [ˈjʊŋə] · frequency rank #419*
männliches Kind

### 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/junge-vs-jungst