je
German, adverb/jeː/
je is spelled J-E (2 letters) and appears 251 times per million words in written German, the 352nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Je is a German adverb meaning “ever” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “zu irgendeiner Zeit, jemals”.
What does je mean in English?
adverb
- 1
ever
- 2
per
- 3
the
je mehr, desto besser
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. zu irgendeiner Zeit, jemals 2. jeweils 3. je… [desto]…, je… [umso]…, oder je…, je… (zeigt mit zwei Komparativen das gleichgerichtete Wachstum des zweiten Komparativ zum ersten an)
interjection: 1. verkürzter symbolischer Anruf, Aufruf, Stoßgebet: „Jesus“
preposition: 1. pro, jeweils für.
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce je?
- /jeː/
- [jeː]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to je
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is je in German?
je appears 251 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).