jenseits
German, preposition
jenseits is spelled J-E-N-S-E-I-T-S (8 letters) and appears 20 times per million words in written German, the 3,959th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Jenseits is a German preposition meaning “beyond, on the other side of” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Jenseits is a different word: “the beyond, the hereafter, the afterlife”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “auf der anderen Seite von”.
What does jenseits mean in English?
preposition
- 1
beyond, on the other side of
adverb
- 1
beyond, on the other side
noun
- 1
neuterthe beyond, the hereafter, the afterlife
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. übernatürlicher Bereich, den man nach dem Tode betritt
preposition: 1. auf der anderen Seite von
adverb: 1. auf der anderen Seite
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
English words that translate to jenseits
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is jenseits in German?
jenseits appears 20 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).