Junge
German, noun
Junge is spelled J-U-N-G-E (5 letters) and appears 204 times per million words in written German, the 420th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Junge is a German masculine noun meaning “boy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a strong nominative/accusative plural of Junges. In lower case, junge is a different word: “strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “männliches Kind”.
What does Junge mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineboy
- 2
masculinejack
noun
- 1
neuterstrong nominative/accusative plural
- 2
neuterweak nominative/accusative singular
adjective
- 1
femininestrong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- 2
strong nominative/accusative plural
- 3
weak nominative all-gender singular
- 4
feminineneuterweak accusative feminine/neuter singular
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. männliches Kind 2. junger Mann; der Plural Jungen / Jungens steht manchmal auch für Mannschaft (s. unten) 3. Kurzform für Lehrjunge 4. Bube im Kartenspiel
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 Junge
- Jungen genitive
- Jungs plural
- Jungens plural
- Jünglein diminutive neuter
- Jüngelchen diminutive neuter
- Jüngchen diminutive neuter
- Jüngelein diminutive neuter often
- Jung alternative colloquial regional
- Jungchen diminutive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Junge
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Junge in German?
Junge appears 204 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).