Jugendweihe

/[ˈjuːɡn̩tˌvaɪ̯ə]/ noun

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#78,169

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Jugendweihe is aGermannoun. It means: feierlicher Eintritt von Jugendlichen ins Erwachsenenalter ohne religiösen Hintergrund Pronounced [ˈjuːɡn̩tˌvaɪ̯ə].

Key facts for Jugendweihe
PropertyValue
HeadwordJugendweihe
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈjuːɡn̩tˌvaɪ̯ə]
Letters11
Frequency rank#78,169
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Jugendweihe in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Jugendweihe is 11 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈjuːɡn̩tˌvaɪ̯ə]. Corpus data places it at rank #78,169 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "feierlicher Eintritt von Jugendlichen ins Erwachsenenalter ohne religiösen Hintergrund".

No misspelling variants are generated for Jugendweihe in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Jugendweihe, spelled J-U-G-E-N-D-W-E-I-H-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    feierlicher Eintritt von Jugendlichen ins Erwachsenenalter ohne religiösen Hintergrund

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Frequency rank: #78,169 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Jugendweihe"?
"Jugendweihe" is spelled J-U-G-E-N-D-W-E-I-H-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈjuːɡn̩tˌvaɪ̯ə].
What does "Jugendweihe" mean?
As a noun, "Jugendweihe" means: feierlicher Eintritt von Jugendlichen ins Erwachsenenalter ohne religiösen Hintergrund
How do you pronounce "Jugendweihe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Jugendweihe" is [ˈjuːɡn̩tˌvaɪ̯ə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Jugendweihe" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.