Polyglot Dictionary

jüngst

/jʏŋst/

adverb C1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

Adv Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. recently

Similar words

kürzlich

jüngst and kürzlich are close synonyms for "recently"; jüngst is slightly more formal or literary.

Similar in other languages

French

depuis peu

depuis peu is the French word for the same thing — both mean "recently."

Portuguese

recentemente

recentemente is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "recently."

Practice

1 What does jüngst mean?

2 Fill the gap: ___ wurde ein neues Museum eröffnet.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches jüngst?

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