jagen

/[ˈjaːɡn̩]/ verb

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,811

in German word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

jagen is aGermanverb. It means: Jagd ausüben, Tier verfolgen und erlegen Pronounced [ˈjaːɡn̩]. It ranks #6,811 in German word frequency. Often confused with Jan and jen.

Key facts for jagen
PropertyValue
Headwordjagen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈjaːɡn̩]
Letters5
Frequency rank#6,811
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of jagen in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for jagen is 5 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈjaːɡn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,811 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for jagen, with forms such as "ajgen", "jaegn", and "jagenn". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Jan", "jen", "Jane", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is jagen, spelled J-A-G-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Jagd ausüben, Tier verfolgen und erlegen
  2. 2
    einen Menschen verfolgen
  3. 3
    sich schnell fortbewegen

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ajgen,jaegn,jagenn,jaggen,jagne,jgaen,jjagen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for jagen

Misspelling Variants of "jagen"

ajgen5jaegn5jagenn6jaggen6jagne5jgaen5jjagen6
Misspelling Variants of "jagen"

Frequency rank: #6,811 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "jagen"?
"jagen" is spelled J-A-G-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈjaːɡn̩].
What does "jagen" mean?
As a verb, "jagen" means: Jagd ausüben, Tier verfolgen und erlegen
What words are commonly confused with "jagen"?
"jagen" is commonly confused with "Jan", "jen", "Jane". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "jagen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "jagen" is [ˈjaːɡn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "jagen" come from?
"jagen" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Other entries that begin with the letter J in our German index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.