Common German Words A to Z

German Verbage A to Z
German Words That Begin With "J"

German - English

Jachtaufe (jach = jäh, plötzlich) - emergency baptism (jach = suddenly)
Jäger - hunter, rifleman in the military
Jahr - year
Jahrestag - anniversary
Jahreszeit - season
Jahrhundert - century
jährlich - annual, yearly
Jahrzehnt - decade
Jänner - January
Januar - January
jeder (jede, jedes) - each, every
Jgfr. = Jungfrau, Jungfer - maiden, virgin, unmarried woman
Joe. Latin - abbreviation for Joannem, Johan
jüdisch - Jewish
Jugend - youth, adolescence
Juli - July
Julmonat - December
jung - young
Junge - a youth (male)
Jungfrau, Jungfer - maiden, virgin, unmarried woman
Junggeselle - bachelor
Jüngling - bachelor, young man
jüngsthin - recently (such as the last/recently passed month)
Juni - June
Justmann - tenant farmer (East Prussian form of Instmann)

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