jung
Meaning in English: young
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Für diesen Film bist du noch zu jung.
You're still too young for this film.
Forms of jung in the top 5,000
These forms of jung are in the top 5,000 as well — German adds endings for gender, case and number:
Eine junge Frau hat mir den Weg gezeigt.
A young woman showed me the way.
Die jungen Leute tanzen die ganze Nacht.
The young people dance all night.
Mit meinem jüngsten Bruder verstehe ich mich am besten.
I get on best with my youngest brother.
Ein junger Mann hat mir mit dem Koffer geholfen.
A young man helped me with my suitcase.
Meine jüngeren Geschwister gehen noch zur Schule.
My younger siblings are still at school.
Der jüngste Sohn studiert in Köln.
The youngest son is studying in Cologne.
Ich habe eine jüngere Schwester.
I have a younger sister.
How common is jung?
jung is number 2,679 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 33 times per million words — about once every 30,000 words. Its most frequent form is junge (#423).
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 73% of the words in an ordinary German text. A1 means a beginner word, usually met in the first weeks of learning.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 2,675künstlicheartificial
- 2,676wertvollevaluable
- 2,677die Botschaftembassy; message
- 2,678politischpolitical, politically
- 2,679jungyoung
- 2,680der Verdachtsuspicion
- 2,681das Forumforum
- 2,682die Vorlagetemplate, model; submission
- 2,683gebliebenstayed, remained
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#2,679
- The most common German adjectives#415
- German A1 vocabulary#609
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.