Jugendwahn
German, noun[ˈjuːɡn̩tˌvaːn]
Jugendwahn is spelled J-U-G-E-N-D-W-A-H-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written German, the 168,023rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Jugendwahn is a German masculine noun meaning “obsession with remaining youthful” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “wahnhafte Überbewertung des Jungseins”.
What does Jugendwahn mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineobsession with remaining youthful
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. wahnhafte Überbewertung des Jungseins
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 Jugendwahn
- Jugendwahnes genitive
- Jugendwahns genitive
- Jugendwahne dative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Jugendwahn?
- [ˈjuːɡn̩tˌvaːn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Jugendwahn in German?
Jugendwahn appears about once in every 10 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).