à jour
[aˈʒuːɐ̯]
The verdict
“à jour” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - auf dem neuesten Stand, aktuell
Corpus desk
Index DE-a-jour · à jour · German
à jour · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "À" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | à jour |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [aˈʒuːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „à jour“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
à jour is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed [aˈʒuːɐ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "auf dem neuesten Stand, aktuell".
à jour has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is à jour, spelled À- -J-O-U-R.
Definition
- 1auf dem neuesten Stand, aktuell
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how à jour appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Im Interesse des Überblicks sollten die Daten jedoch im Zuge der Einführung sukzessive erfasst und fortan à jour gehalten werden.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.