Jugendstrafe
[ˈjuːɡn̩tˌʃtʁaːfə]
The verdict
“Jugendstrafe” is uncommon German (frequency #70,430 among 699 “J” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,430
- frequency rank, German
- 699
- “J” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - gerichtlich verhängte Freiheitsstrafe für Jugendliche
Corpus desk
Index DE-jugendstrafe · Jugendstrafe · German
Jugendstrafe · rank #70,430 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #70,430
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 699
- PHOTO-FINISH Juist
Nearest frequency peer: Juist (+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 „Jugendstrafe“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- jetziges
jetziges
29,574 corpus weight
- Joystick
Joystick
29,573 corpus weight
- Jugendstrafe
Jugendstrafe
29,571 corpus weight
- Juist
Juist
29,570 corpus weight
- Jungsteinze…
Jungsteinzeit
29,569 corpus weight
- Jäckchen
Jäckchen
29,568 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Jugendstrafe“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Jugendstrafe |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈjuːɡn̩tˌʃtʁaːfə] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #70,430 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Jugendstrafe“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Jugendstrafe is uncommon German at frequency #70,430 among 699 “J” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈjuːɡn̩tˌʃtʁaːfə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "gerichtlich verhängte Freiheitsstrafe für Jugendliche".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Jugendstrafe in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Jugendstrafe, spelled J-U-G-E-N-D-S-T-R-A-F-E.
Definition
- 1gerichtlich verhängte Freiheitsstrafe für Jugendliche
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Jugendstrafe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Nach einem brutalen Messerangriff auf offener Straße ist ein 15-Jähriger zu einer Jugendstrafe von fünf Jahren verurteilt worden.“
„Die große Jugendkammer des Oldenburger Landgerichts hat zwei 17-Jährige wegen gefährlicher Körperverletzung zu Jugendstrafen von drei Jahren verurteilt.“
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.
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