juvenile

[juveˈniːlə]

/[juveˈniːlə]/ adj

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The verdict

“juvenile” is uncommon German (frequency #93,122 among 699 “J” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#93,122
frequency rank, German
699
“J” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs juvenil

Corpus desk

Index DE-juvenile · juvenile · German

juvenile · rank #93,122 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #93,122
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 699
  • PHOTO-FINISH jubelnden

Nearest frequency peer: jubelnden (-2 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 „juvenile“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „juvenile“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for juvenile
PropertyValue
Headwordjuvenile
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[juveˈniːlə]
Letters8
Frequency rank#93,122
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „juvenile“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).juvenilefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „jubelnden“ (#93,120), „kaj“ (#93,124), „Jobber“ (#93,119). Unter 699 „J“-Lemmata liegt „juvenile“ bei #93,122. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

juvenile is uncommon German at frequency #93,122 among 699 “J” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [juveˈniːlə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for juvenile in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is juvenile, spelled J-U-V-E-N-I-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs juvenil
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs juvenil
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs juvenil
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs juvenil
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs juvenil
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs juvenil
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs juvenil
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs juvenil
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs juvenil

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "juvenile"?
"juvenile" is spelled J-U-V-E-N-I-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is [juveˈniːlə].
What does "juvenile" mean?
As an adjective, "juvenile" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs juvenil
How do you pronounce "juvenile"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "juvenile" is [juveˈniːlə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "juvenile" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "juvenile", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Kameruns#93,129Kampftag#93,131Innenohr#93,108imaginär#93,098

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list