Jahns

/[jaːns]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#79,344

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Jahns is aGermannoun. It means: Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Jahn Pronounced [jaːns].

Key facts for Jahns
PropertyValue
HeadwordJahns
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[jaːns]
Letters5
Frequency rank#79,344
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Jahns is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [jaːns]. Corpus data places it at rank #79,344 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for Jahns in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, 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 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 Jahns, spelled J-A-H-N-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Jahn
  2. 2
    Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Jahn
  3. 3
    Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Jahn
  4. 4
    Dativ Plural des Substantivs Jahn
  5. 5
    Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Jahn

Frequency rank: #79,344 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Jahns"?
"Jahns" is spelled J-A-H-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is [jaːns].
What does "Jahns" mean?
As a noun, "Jahns" means: Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Jahn
How do you pronounce "Jahns"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Jahns" is [jaːns]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Jahns" come from?
"Jahns" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.