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]

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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 [sg-only, feminine]

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

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)

1. youth