jungfräulich
[ˈjʊŋˌfʁɔɪ̯lɪç]
The verdict
“jungfräulich” is uncommon German (frequency #78,170 among 699 “J” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,170
- frequency rank, German
- 699
- “J” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - als Mädchen/Frau unberührt, also ohne bereits Geschlechtsverkehr/Beischlaf praktiziert zu haben
Corpus desk
Index DE-jungfraulich · jungfräulich · German
jungfräulich · rank #78,170 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,170
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 699
- PHOTO-FINISH Jugendweihe
Nearest frequency peer: Jugendweihe (-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 „jungfräulich“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- journalisti…
journalistisches
21,836 corpus weight
- Jugendamtes
Jugendamtes
21,833 corpus weight
- Jugendweihe
Jugendweihe
21,832 corpus weight
- jungfräulich
jungfräulich
21,831 corpus weight
- jungfräulic…
jungfräuliche
21,830 corpus weight
- Kaiserschma…
Kaiserschmarrn
21,828 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „jungfräulich“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | jungfräulich |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈjʊŋˌfʁɔɪ̯lɪç] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #78,170 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „jungfräulich“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
jungfräulich is uncommon German at frequency #78,170 among 699 “J” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈjʊŋˌfʁɔɪ̯lɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for jungfräulich, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is jungfräulich, spelled J-U-N-G-F-R-Ä-U-L-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1als Mädchen/Frau unberührt, also ohne bereits Geschlechtsverkehr/Beischlaf praktiziert zu haben
- 2als Landschaft/Gegenstand noch unberührt, also nicht entdeckt, benutzt, betreten oder Ähnliches
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how jungfräulich appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Und du möchtest wirklich jungfräulich in die Ehe gehen?
„Dem Ceremonienmeister steht eine bestimmte ältere Frau zur Seite, welche die herbeigebrachten Bräute untersucht, ob sie wirklich jungfräulich sind.“
This word in other languages
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "jungfräulich", not the corpus desk frequency band.
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).