Jugend
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/, [ˈjuːɡŋ̍t]
Audio (Austria): (file) Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: Ju‧gend
Noun
Jugend f (genitive Jugend, no plural)
- youth (quality or state of being young; part of life following childhood)
- youth (young people collectively)
Declension
Declension of Jugend [sg-only, feminine]
Derived terms
- Arbeiterjugend
- Hitlerjugend f (“Hitler Youth”)
- Jugendabteilung
- Jugendalter
- Jugendamt
- jugendfrei
- Jugendfreigabe
- Jugendfreund m (“childhood friend”)
- Jugendgruppe
- Jugendklub
- Jugendkrawalle
- jugendlich (“youthful”)
- Jugendmannschaft
- Jugendschutzgesetz
- Jugendstil m (“Art Nouveau”, literally “youth style”)
- Jugendsünde
- Jugendzeit
- Jugendzimmer
- Landjugend
- Sängerjugend
- Swingjugend
- Wanderjugend
See also
- Alter n (“age”)
- Kindheit f (“childhood”)
- Erwachsenenalter n (“adulthood”)
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
- IPA(key): /ˈju(ː)ʁent/, [ˈju(ː).ʁənt]
Noun
Jugend f (uncountable)