Gung

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The verdict

“Gung” is uncommon German (frequency #64,328 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,328
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Junge

Corpus desk

Index DE-gung · Gung · German

Gung · rank #64,328 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #64,328
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH gymnasiale

Nearest frequency peer: gymnasiale (+1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Gung“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Gung“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Gung
PropertyValue
HeadwordGung
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters4
Frequency rank#64,328
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Gung“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Gungfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „gymnasiale“ (#64,329), „Grillparty“ (#64,326), „Grenzsicherung“ (#64,325). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „Gung“ bei #64,328. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Gung is uncommon German at frequency #64,328 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Junge".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Gung, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Gung, spelled G-U-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Junge

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Gung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Dort is dos Flackel,
  2. „Nun warn die dumme Gunge in Filzsocken fort un hatten a de Handsching liegn lossen.“ (1912 - De Peremett)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Gung"?
"Gung" is spelled G-U-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "Gung" mean?
As a noun, "Gung" means: Junge
How do you pronounce "Gung"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Gung" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Gung" come from?
"Gung" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Gung", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Jeck#64,398loot#64,490loud#64,493cart#64,148

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list