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 May 6, 2026) - junge, männliche Person, die auf der Straße Zeitungen verkauft oder ins Haus liefert
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Zeitungsjunge |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt͡saɪ̯tʊŋsˌjʊŋə] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Zeitungsjunge” sits in German frequency
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
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.
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Using “Zeitungsjunge”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is Z-E-I-T-U-N-G-S-J-U-N-G-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈt͡saɪ̯tʊŋsˌjʊŋə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.