Jargon
German, noun/ʒarˈɡɔ̃/
Jargon is spelled J-A-R-G-O-N (6 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written German, the 36,861st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Jargon is a German masculine noun meaning “jargon, intalk, slang, cant” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Art und Weise des Sich-Ausdrückens bestimmter sozialer, beruflicher oder ähnlicher Gesellschaftskreise…”.
What does Jargon mean in English?
noun
- 1
datedmasculinejargon, intalk, slang, cant
- 2
masculinejargon, technical language, technolect
- 3
archaicmasculineYiddish
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Art und Weise des Sich-Ausdrückens bestimmter sozialer, beruflicher oder ähnlicher Gesellschaftskreise innerhalb einer Sprache 2. Ostjiddisch 3. heller Zirkon
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 Jargon
- Jargons genitive
- Jargone archaic plural
- Jargonen archaic dative definite
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Jargon?
- /ʒarˈɡɔ̃/
- [ʒaʁˈɡɔ̃ː]
- [ʒaɐ̯-]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Jargon
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Jargon in German?
Jargon appears 1.1 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).