you
[juː]
The verdict
“you” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #1,250 in German word frequency and used as a pronoun.
- #1,250
- frequency rank, German
- 3
- letters
- 14
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - du
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | you |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Pronoun |
| IPA | [juː] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #1,250 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 14 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “you” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for you is 3 letters long, classified as a pronoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [juː]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,250 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Zero misspellings are on record for you in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "your", "young", "Y", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is you, spelled Y-O-U.
Definition
- 1du
- 2ihr
- 3ihr
- 4dich, dir
- 5euch
- 6euch
- 7man
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.
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Using “you”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is Y-O-U - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [juː] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “your” - see the side-by-side comparison. you vs your
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.