Jugend

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German jugent, from Old High German jugund, from Proto-West Germanic *jugunþi, from Proto-Germanic *jugunþiz. Akin to Old Saxon juguth, English youth.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈjuːɡənt/,
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  • Hyphenation: Ju‧gend

Noun

Jugend f (genitive Jugend, no plural)

  1. youth (quality or state of being young; part of life following childhood)
  2. youth (young people collectively)

Declension

Declension of Jugend
singular
indef. def. noun
nominative eine die Jugend
genitive einer der Jugend
dative einer der Jugend
accusative eine die Jugend

Derived terms

See also

Further reading

  • “Jugend” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Jugend” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “Jugend” in Duden online

Luxembourgish

Etymology

Possibly inherited from Middle High German jugent, from Old High German jugund, from Proto-Germanic *jugunþiz. Cognate with Dutch jeugd, English youth. The Rheinisches Wörterbuch considers both this word and the rhyming Dugend borrowings from German, though they are phonetically regular.

Pronunciation

Noun

Jugend f (uncountable)

  1. youth
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