Zeitungsjunge
[ˈt͡saɪ̯tʊŋsˌjʊŋə]
The verdict
“Zeitungsjunge” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - junge, männliche Person, die auf der Straße Zeitungen verkauft oder ins Haus liefert
Corpus desk
Index DE-zeitungsjunge · Zeitungsjunge · German
Zeitungsjunge · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "Z" 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 | Zeitungsjunge |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt͡saɪ̯tʊŋsˌjʊŋə] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Zeitungsjunge“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Zeitungsjunge is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈt͡saɪ̯tʊŋsˌjʊŋə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "junge, männliche Person, die auf der Straße Zeitungen verkauft oder ins Haus liefert".
Zero misspellings are on record for Zeitungsjunge in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Zeitungsjunge, spelled Z-E-I-T-U-N-G-S-J-U-N-G-E.
Definition
- 1junge, männliche Person, die auf der Straße Zeitungen verkauft oder ins Haus liefert
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Zeitungsjunge appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Am Nachmittag verteilten Zeitungsjungen erste Extrablätter.“
„Draußen riefen die Zeitungsjungen die Morgennachrichten aus.“
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.