Twen
German, noun/tvɛn/
Twen is spelled T-W-E-N (4 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written German, the 163,492nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Twen is a German masculine noun meaning “twentysomething” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Person im Alter zwischen 20 und 30 Jahren”.
What does Twen mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetwentysomething
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Person im Alter zwischen 20 und 30 Jahren
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 Twen
- Twens genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Twen?
- /tvɛn/
- [tvɛn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Twen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Twen in German?
Twen appears about once in every 9 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).