Dschungel
German, noun/ˈ(d)ʒʊŋəl/
Dschungel is spelled D-S-C-H-U-N-G-E-L (9 letters) and appears 6.8 times per million words in written German, the 9,700th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dschungel is a German feminine noun meaning “jungle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “dichter tropischer oder subtropischer Sumpfwald”.
What does Dschungel mean in English?
noun
- 1
archaicfemininemasculineneuterrarejungle
- 2
archaicfemininemasculineneuterrarejungle, thicket, a place where things or instruments mingle to an extent that effort is required for an outsider to acquire an overview.
- 3
archaicfemininemasculineneuterrarejumble, tangle, plethora (a large amount of options or concepts that is not very intuitive or easy to distinguish between)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. dichter tropischer oder subtropischer Sumpfwald 2. undurchdringliches Gewirr, wirres Durcheinander; etwas (Angelegenheit, Sache, Sachverhalt), das undurchschaubar ist oder erscheint
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Dschungel
- Dschungels genitive
- Dschungeln archaic plural
- Tschungel alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Dschungel?
- /ˈ(d)ʒʊŋəl/
- [ˈd͡ʒʊŋəl]
- [ˈd͡ʒʊŋl̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Dschungel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Dschungel in German?
Dschungel appears 6.8 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).