jawohl
German, interjection/jaːˈvoːl/
jawohl is spelled J-A-W-O-H-L (6 letters) and appears 4.9 times per million words in written German, the 12,471st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Jawohl is a German interjection meaning “yes” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does jawohl mean in English?
interjection
- 1
yes
- 2
yessir; yes sir
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
particle: 1. gibt eine positive Antwort auf eine Entscheidungsfrage; drückt Bekräftigung, Zustimmung aus
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 jawohl
- jawoll alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce jawohl?
- /jaːˈvoːl/
- colloquial /jaˈvoːl/
- colloquial /jaˈvɔl/
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to jawohl
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is jawohl in German?
jawohl appears 4.9 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).