Jünger
[ˈjʏŋɐ]
The verdict
“Jünger” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #4,803 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #4,803
- frequency rank, German
- 6
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - einer der zunächst zwölf Männer, die Schüler und Anhänger von Jesus waren und die später als Apostel das Evangelium verkündeten
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Jünger |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈjʏŋɐ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #4,803 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Jünger” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Jünger is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈjʏŋɐ]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,803 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Jünger, with forms such as "jjünger", "jnüger", and "jügner". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Jungs", "Jürgen", "Junior", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
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 Jünger, spelled J-Ü-N-G-E-R.
Definition
- 1einer der zunächst zwölf Männer, die Schüler und Anhänger von Jesus waren und die später als Apostel das Evangelium verkündeten
- 2jemand, der von einer Sache oder einer Person überzeugt ist und dieser anhängt; jemand, der ein Schüler einer Person ist
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: jjünger,jnüger,jügner,jünegr,jüngerr,jüngger,jüngre,jünnger,üjnger
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Jünger - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “Jünger”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is J-Ü-N-G-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈjʏŋɐ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Jungs” - see the side-by-side comparison. Jünger vs Jungs
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.