# Yang

> German word · Noun · IPA [jaŋ] · frequency rank #15,534

## Definitions
1. das männliche Prinzip in der chinesischen Naturphilosophie

## Easily confused with
- **Yen** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/yang-vs-yen)
- **yay** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/yang-vs-yay)
- **Yin** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/yang-vs-yin)
- **Yuan** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/yang-vs-yuan)
- **Yard** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/yang-vs-yard)
- **Yann** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/yang-vs-yann)
- **young** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/yang-vs-young)
- **ya** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/ya-vs-yang)

## Common misspellings (6)
`ayng`, `yagn`, `yangg`, `yanng`, `ynag`, `yyang`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/word/yang