Jünger

/[ˈjʏŋɐ]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,803

in German word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Jünger is aGermannoun. It means: einer der zunächst zwölf Männer, die Schüler und Anhänger von Jesus waren und die später als Apostel das Evangelium verkündeten Pronounced [ˈjʏŋɐ]. It ranks #4,803 in German word frequency. Often confused with Jungs and Jürgen.

Key facts for Jünger
PropertyValue
HeadwordJünger
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈjʏŋɐ]
Letters6
Frequency rank#4,803
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Jünger is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for Jünger, with forms such as "jjünger", "jnüger", and "jügner". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, 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, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 Jünger, spelled J-Ü-N-G-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    einer der zunächst zwölf Männer, die Schüler und Anhänger von Jesus waren und die später als Apostel das Evangelium verkündeten
  2. 2
    jemand, der von einer Sache oder einer Person überzeugt ist und dieser anhängt; jemand, der ein Schüler einer Person ist

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: jjünger,jnüger,jügner,jünegr,jüngerr,jüngger,jüngre,jünnger,üjnger

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Jünger

Misspelling Variants of "Jünger"

jjünger7jnüger6jügner6jünegr6jüngerr7jüngger7jüngre6jünnger7
Misspelling Variants of "Jünger"

Frequency rank: #4,803 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Jünger"?
"Jünger" is spelled J-Ü-N-G-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈjʏŋɐ].
What does "Jünger" mean?
As a noun, "Jünger" means: einer der zunächst zwölf Männer, die Schüler und Anhänger von Jesus waren und die später als Apostel das Evangelium verkündeten
What words are commonly confused with "Jünger"?
"Jünger" is commonly confused with "Jungs", "Jürgen", "Junior". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Jünger"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Jünger" is [ˈjʏŋɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Jünger" come from?
"Jünger" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.