Jugendamt
German, noun/ˈjuːɡn̩tˌʔamt/
Jugendamt is spelled J-U-G-E-N-D-A-M-T (9 letters) and appears 4.7 times per million words in written German, the 12,890th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Jugendamt is a German neuter noun meaning “youth welfare agency” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Behörde, die für öffentliche Jugendhilfe zuständig ist”.
What does Jugendamt mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuteryouth welfare agency
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Behörde, die für öffentliche Jugendhilfe zuständig ist
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 Jugendamt
- Jugendamtes genitive
- Jugendamts genitive
- Jugendämter plural
- Jugendamte dative singular
- Jugendämtern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Jugendamt?
- /ˈjuːɡn̩tˌʔamt/
- [ˈjuːɡn̩tˌʔamt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Jugendamt in German?
Jugendamt appears 4.7 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).