jr.
The verdict
“jr.” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an abbreviation. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 3
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - junior
Corpus desk
Index DE-jr · jr. · German
jr. · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "J" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | jr. |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Abbreviation |
| Letters | 3 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „jr.“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
jr. is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anabbreviation. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "junior".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for jr., and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is jr., spelled J-R-..
Definition
- 1junior
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how jr. appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Herr Schüller-Müdenleid jr. besuchte mich vorgestern.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.