Jungtier
[ˈjʊŋˌtiːɐ̯]
The verdict
“Jungtier” is uncommon German (frequency #62,542 among 699 “J” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,542
- frequency rank, German
- 699
- “J” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - noch nicht ausgewachsenes oder geschlechtsreifes Tier
Corpus desk
Index DE-jungtier · Jungtier · German
Jungtier · rank #62,542 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,542
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 699
- PHOTO-FINISH Jungbrunnen
Nearest frequency peer: Jungbrunnen (-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 „Jungtier“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Jugendstraf…
Jugendstrafrecht
37,462 corpus weight
- Jugendwort
Jugendwort
37,461 corpus weight
- Jungbrunnen
Jungbrunnen
37,460 corpus weight
- Jungtier
Jungtier
37,459 corpus weight
- jüdischem
jüdischem
37,458 corpus weight
- Kabelbinder
Kabelbinder
37,457 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Jungtier“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Jungtier |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈjʊŋˌtiːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #62,542 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Jungtier“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Jungtier is uncommon German at frequency #62,542 among 699 “J” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈjʊŋˌtiːɐ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "noch nicht ausgewachsenes oder geschlechtsreifes Tier".
No misspelling variants are generated for Jungtier in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 Jungtier, spelled J-U-N-G-T-I-E-R.
Definition
- 1noch nicht ausgewachsenes oder geschlechtsreifes Tier
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Jungtier appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Jungtiere bleiben ein halbes Jahr bei der Mutter, bevor sie eigene Wege gehen.
„Das vor vierzigtausend Jahren gestorbene Jungtier war in dem Dauerfrostboden fast unversehrt erhalten geblieben.“
Antonyms
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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