juvenil
[juveˈniːl]
The verdict
“juvenil” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - noch nicht erwachsen
Corpus desk
Index DE-juvenil · juvenil · German
juvenil · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "J" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | juvenil |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [juveˈniːl] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „juvenil“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
juvenil is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [juveˈniːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
juvenil has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is juvenil, spelled J-U-V-E-N-I-L.
Definition
- 1noch nicht erwachsen
- 2noch nicht ausgewachsen oder geschlechtsreif
- 3im ersten Gefieder nach dem Ausfliegen
- 4direkt aus dem Inneren der Erde stammend oder aufsteigend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how juvenil appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Trotz seines juvenilen Auftretens kann auch er nicht verbergen, dass er älter wird.
Juvenile Libellen leben vollständig unter Wasser.
Synonyms
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.