jou

[jʌu̯]

/[jʌu̯]/ pron

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The verdict

“jou” is uncommon German (frequency #81,717 among 699 “J” headwords), classed as a pronoun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#81,717
frequency rank, German
699
“J” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - betonte Objektform der zweiten Person Singular familiär: dir, dich

Corpus desk

Index DE-jou · jou · German

jou · rank #81,717 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #81,717
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 699
  • PHOTO-FINISH Johannisbeeren

Nearest frequency peer: Johannisbeeren (-2 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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „jou“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for jou
PropertyValue
Headwordjou
LanguageGerman
Part of speechPronoun
IPA[jʌu̯]
Letters3
Frequency rank#81,717
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „jou“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).joufällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Johannisbeeren“ (#81,715), „Jütland“ (#81,719), „jetzigem“ (#81,714). Unter 699 „J“-Lemmata liegt „jou“ bei #81,717. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

jou is uncommon German at frequency #81,717 among 699 “J” headwords, classed as apronoun, transcribed [jʌu̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "betonte Objektform der zweiten Person Singular familiär: dir, dich".

jou has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is jou, spelled J-O-U.

Definition

  1. 1
    betonte Objektform der zweiten Person Singular familiär: dir, dich

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Heeft ze jou dat gegeven?

This word in other languages

you(English)

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 "jou"?
"jou" is spelled J-O-U. The IPA pronunciation is [jʌu̯].
What does "jou" mean?
As a pronoun, "jou" means: betonte Objektform der zweiten Person Singular familiär: dir, dich
How do you pronounce "jou"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "jou" is [jʌu̯]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "jou" come from?
"jou" 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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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "jou", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

bhp#81,347SMC#82,152uva#82,272VEG#82,275

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list