Which to use
“minderjährige” and “minderjährigen” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,760
- “minderjährige” frequency rank
- #12,540
- “minderjährigen” frequency rank
- 25300
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | minderjährige | minderjährigen |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs minderjährig | Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs minderjährig |
Where the spellings diverge
Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set minderjährige and minderjährigen apart are highlighted. They share 13 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. minderjährige ([ˈmɪndɐˌjɛːʁɪɡə]) and minderjährigen ([ˈmɪndɐˌjɛːʁɪɡn̩]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “minderjährige” sits inside “minderjährigen”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25300, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
minderjährige is recorded at frequency rank #12,760, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈmɪndɐˌjɛːʁɪɡə]. minderjährigen is at rank #12,540, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈmɪndɐˌjɛːʁɪɡn̩].
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 25300, this pair ranks #1,835,327 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of minderjährige vs minderjährigen
Shared letters: deghijmnrä. Private to "minderjährige": -. Private to "minderjährigen": -.
"minderjährige" · 13 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCCVCV · "minderjährigen" · 14 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCCVCVC