Polyglot Dictionary

Junge

/ˈjʊŋə/

der noun A1

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

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Jungen
feminine
das Mädchen

Meaning

  1. boy

    Related to the adjective jung (young), but its own noun with its own declension.

    • Der Junge spielt Fußball.

      The boy is playing football.

N Category Person Concreteness Concrete Animacy Animate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

knabe

Junge is the standard word for "boy"; Knabe is dated, old-fashioned.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

garoto

garoto is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "boy."

Portuguese

menino

menino is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "boy."

Practice

1 What does Junge mean?

2 Fill the gap: Der ___ spielt Fußball.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Junge?

See also

nouncore-vocabularyfamily

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