Twen
[tvɛn]
The verdict
“Twen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person im Alter zwischen 20 und 30 Jahren
Corpus desk
Index DE-twen · Twen · German
Twen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" 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 | Twen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [tvɛn] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Twen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Twen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [tvɛn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Person im Alter zwischen 20 und 30 Jahren".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Twen in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Twen, spelled T-W-E-N.
Definition
- 1Person im Alter zwischen 20 und 30 Jahren
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Twen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Als Twen hat man sein Leben noch vor sich.
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.