JL

Name: JL, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

abbrev

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“JL” is uncommon German (frequency #64,401 among 699 “J” headwords), classed as an abbreviation. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,401
frequency rank, German: 699
“J” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Kraftfahrzeugkennzeichen für den Landkreis Jerichower Land, Sachsen-Anhalt

Corpus desk

Index DE-jl · JL · German

JL · rank #64,401 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-RARE #64,401
LEN-SHORT 2 letters
VOW-0 0 vowels
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-0 0 variants
BOOK-MID 699
PHOTO-FINISH Jew

Nearest frequency peer: Jew (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Jeck

35,603
Jew

35,601
JL

35,600
Jogginghosen

35,599
Jubilar

35,598
Jugendfreund

35,597

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „JL“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Key facts for JL
Property	Value
Headword	JL
Language	German
Part of speech	Abbreviation
Letters	2
Frequency rank	#64,401
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „JL“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.JLfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#64,401

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Jew“ (#64,400), „Jogginghosen“ (#64,402), „Jubilar“ (#64,403). Unter 699 „J“-Lemmata liegt „JL“ bei #64,401. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

JL is uncommon German at frequency #64,401 among 699 “J” headwords, classed as anabbreviation. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for JL in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is JL, spelled J-L.

Definition

1
Kraftfahrzeugkennzeichen für den Landkreis Jerichower Land, Sachsen-Anhalt
2
Kraftfahrzeugkennzeichen für die norwegische Kommune Gjøvik
3
Kürzel von Japan Airlines, einer japanischen Fluggesellschaft
4
Kürzel von der Partei Jaunais Laiks in Lettland

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how JL appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

Der Schlitten mit JL XX-999 bleibt heute beim Blitzmarathon in der Garage.
Die Preise von JL sind akzeptabel.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "JL"?

"JL" is spelled J-L.

What does "JL" mean?

As an abbreviation, "JL" means: Kraftfahrzeugkennzeichen für den Landkreis Jerichower Land, Sachsen-Anhalt

What language does "JL" come from?

"JL" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.

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