jein
German, interjection
jein is spelled J-E-I-N (4 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 43,091st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Jein is a German interjection meaning “yes and no, yes but also no; kinda” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Jein is a different word: “yes and no”.
What does jein mean in English?
interjection
- 1
yes and no, yes but also no; kinda
noun
- 1
neuteryes and no
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
particle: 1. Antwortpartikel, welche Unentschlossenheit zwischen den Möglichkeiten der Zustimmung und der Ablehnung ausdrückt
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 jein
- Jeins genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is jein in German?
jein appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).