Junior
German, noun[ˈjuːni̯oːɐ̯]
Junior is spelled J-U-N-I-O-R (6 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written German, the 5,698th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Junior is a German masculine noun meaning “junior” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Sohn des Firmeninhabers”.
What does Junior mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinejunior
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sohn des Firmeninhabers 2. junger Sportler einer festgelegten Altersklasse, die je nach Sportart variiert 3. der Jüngste einer Gruppe
adjective: 1. der Jüngere von zwei Personen gleichen Namens
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 Junior
- Juniors genitive
- Junioren plural
- Jr. abbreviation
- Juniorin feminine
- jr. abbreviation
- jun. abbreviation
- jnr. abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Junior?
- [ˈjuːni̯oːɐ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Junior in German?
Junior appears 13 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).