jungfräulich
German, adjective/ˈjʊŋˌfʁɔɪ̯lɪç/
jungfräulich is spelled J-U-N-G-F-R-Ä-U-L-I-C-H (12 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 77,779th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Jungfräulich is a German adjective meaning “virginal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “als Mädchen/Frau unberührt, also ohne bereits Geschlechtsverkehr/Beischlaf praktiziert zu haben”.
What does jungfräulich mean in English?
adjective
- 1
virginal
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. als Mädchen/Frau unberührt, also ohne bereits Geschlechtsverkehr/Beischlaf praktiziert zu haben 2. als Landschaft/Gegenstand noch unberührt, also nicht entdeckt, benutzt, betreten oder Ähnliches
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 jungfräulich
- jungfräulicher masculine nominative singular
- am jungfräulichsten superlative
- jungfräuliche feminine nominative singular
- jungfräuliches neuter nominative singular
- jungfräulichen genitive masculine singular
- jungfräulichem dative masculine singular
- der jungfräuliche definite includes-article masculine
- die jungfräuliche definite feminine includes-article
- das jungfräuliche definite includes-article neuter
- die jungfräulichen definite includes-article nominative
- des jungfräulichen definite genitive includes-article
- der jungfräulichen definite feminine genitive
- dem jungfräulichen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce jungfräulich?
- /ˈjʊŋˌfʁɔɪ̯lɪç/
- [ˈjʊŋˌfʁɔɪ̯lɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to jungfräulich
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is jungfräulich in German?
jungfräulich appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).