Jugendwort

[ˈjuːɡn̩tˌvɔʁt]

/[ˈjuːɡn̩tˌvɔʁt]/ noun

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The verdict

“Jugendwort” is uncommon German (frequency #62,540 among 699 “J” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#62,540
frequency rank, German
699
“J” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Wort der Jugendsprache

Corpus desk

Index DE-jugendwort · Jugendwort · German

Jugendwort · rank #62,540 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #62,540
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 699
  • PHOTO-FINISH Jugendstrafre…

Nearest frequency peer: Jugendstrafrecht (-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 „Jugendwort“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Jugendwort
PropertyValue
HeadwordJugendwort
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈjuːɡn̩tˌvɔʁt]
Letters10
Frequency rank#62,540
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Jugendwort“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Jugendwortfällt 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: „Jugendstrafrecht“ (#62,539), „Jungbrunnen“ (#62,541), „Jugendsprache“ (#62,538). Unter 699 „J“-Lemmata liegt „Jugendwort“ bei #62,540. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Jugendwort is uncommon German at frequency #62,540 among 699 “J” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈjuːɡn̩tˌvɔʁt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Wort der Jugendsprache".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Jugendwort in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Jugendwort, spelled J-U-G-E-N-D-W-O-R-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Wort der Jugendsprache

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Viele sogenannte Jugendwörter sind szene- und gruppenspezifisch und nur wenige schaffen den Sprung in die Umgangssprache wie die Wörter cool oder gammeln (›rumhängen, müßiggehen‹), seit Mitte der 1950er Jahre belegt und heute umgangssprachlich gebraucht.“

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 "Jugendwort"?
"Jugendwort" is spelled J-U-G-E-N-D-W-O-R-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈjuːɡn̩tˌvɔʁt].
What does "Jugendwort" mean?
As a noun, "Jugendwort" means: Wort der Jugendsprache
How do you pronounce "Jugendwort"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Jugendwort" is [ˈjuːɡn̩tˌvɔʁt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list