Jungbrunnen
[ˈjʊŋˌbʁʊnən]
The verdict
“Jungbrunnen” is uncommon German (frequency #62,541 among 7,951 “J” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,541
- frequency rank, German
- 7,951
- “J” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Quelle, deren Wasser dem, der es trinkt oder der darin badet, Heilung und Verjüngung verheißt
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Jungbrunnen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈjʊŋˌbʁʊnən] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #62,541 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Jungbrunnen” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Jungbrunnen is uncommon German at frequency #62,541 among 7,951 “J” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈjʊŋˌbʁʊnən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Jungbrunnen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 Jungbrunnen, spelled J-U-N-G-B-R-U-N-N-E-N.
Definition
- 1Quelle, deren Wasser dem, der es trinkt oder der darin badet, Heilung und Verjüngung verheißt
- 2Erlebnis, das einen sich wieder jung fühlen lässt
Synonyms
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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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Using “Jungbrunnen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is J-U-N-G-B-R-U-N-N-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.