Yen
German, noun[jɛn]
Yen is spelled Y-E-N (3 letters) and appears 3.9 times per million words in written German, the 14,778th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Yen is a German masculine noun meaning “yen (unit of Japanese currency)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “japanische Währung”.
What does Yen mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineyen (unit of Japanese currency)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. japanische Währung
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 Yen
- Jen alternative
- ¥ symbol
- Yens nominative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Yen?
- [jɛn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Yen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Yen in German?
Yen appears 3.9 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).