Jugendlichkeit

[ˈjuːɡn̩tlɪçkaɪ̯t]

/[ˈjuːɡn̩tlɪçkaɪ̯t]/ noun

The verdict

“Jugendlichkeit” is uncommon German (frequency #90,490 among 699 “J” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#90,490
frequency rank, German
699
“J” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Eigenschaft, hinsichtlich Alter und/oder Verhalten jugendlich zu sein/zu wirken

Corpus desk

Index DE-jugendlichkeit · Jugendlichkeit · German

Jugendlichkeit · rank #90,490 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #90,490
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 699
  • PHOTO-FINISH jours

Nearest frequency peer: jours (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Jugendlichkeit“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Jugendlichkeit
PropertyValue
HeadwordJugendlichkeit
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈjuːɡn̩tlɪçkaɪ̯t]
Letters14
Frequency rank#90,490
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Jugendlichkeit“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Jugendlichkeitfällt 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: „jours“ (#90,489), „Jungtieren“ (#90,491), „Joggerin“ (#90,487). Unter 699 „J“-Lemmata liegt „Jugendlichkeit“ bei #90,490. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Jugendlichkeit is uncommon German at frequency #90,490 among 699 “J” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈjuːɡn̩tlɪçkaɪ̯t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Eigenschaft, hinsichtlich Alter und/oder Verhalten jugendlich zu sein/zu wirken".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Jugendlichkeit in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Jugendlichkeit, spelled J-U-G-E-N-D-L-I-C-H-K-E-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Eigenschaft, hinsichtlich Alter und/oder Verhalten jugendlich zu sein/zu wirken

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Was sie für Paul aber sexy machte, war ihre Jugendlichkeit.“
  2. „Die Frauen bieten Jugendlichkeit und bekommen dafür Designerkleider.“

Synonyms

This word in other languages

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 "Jugendlichkeit"?
"Jugendlichkeit" is spelled J-U-G-E-N-D-L-I-C-H-K-E-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈjuːɡn̩tlɪçkaɪ̯t].
What does "Jugendlichkeit" mean?
As a noun, "Jugendlichkeit" means: Eigenschaft, hinsichtlich Alter und/oder Verhalten jugendlich zu sein/zu wirken
How do you pronounce "Jugendlichkeit"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Jugendlichkeit" is [ˈjuːɡn̩tlɪçkaɪ̯t]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Jugendlichkeit" come from?
"Jugendlichkeit" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list