Jung
See also: jung
English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from German Jung. Doublet of Young.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jʊŋ/
Proper noun
Jung
- Jung, a surname of German origin
- Carl Jung, Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist who founded analytical psychology.
Coordinate terms
- Freud
Derived terms
- Jungian
Etymology 2
Transliteration of Korean 정 (jeong).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d͡ʒʌŋ/
Proper noun
Jung
- A surname from Korean.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Jung is the 1,486th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 24,026 individuals. Jung is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (67.76%) and White (28.40%) individuals.
German
Etymology 1
The same as Junge with dialectal apocope.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jʊŋ/
Audio (file)
Noun
Jung m (strong or mixed, genitive (uncommon) Jungs, plural Jungs or Jungen)
- (regional, colloquial) Alternative form of Junge (“boy, guy”)
- Der Jung hat echt was drauf!
- That guy really has some skills.
Declension
Declension of Jung [masculine, strong // mixed]
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | ein | der | Jung | die | Jungs, Jungen |
| genitive | eines | des | Jungs1 | der | Jungs, Jungen |
| dative | einem | dem | Jung | den | Jungs, Jungen |
| accusative | einen | den | Jung | die | Jungs, Jungen |
1Uncommon.
Interjection
Jung
- (colloquial) man! come on!
- Jung! Jetz' mach kein' Scheiß und sei ruhig!
- Man! Now shut up and be quiet!
Etymology 2
From jung (“young”), originally denoting the younger of two namesakes in a family.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jʊŋ/
Audio (file)
Proper noun
Jung m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Jungs or (with an article) Jung, feminine genitive Jung, plural Jungs)
- a common surname transferred from the nickname
Declension
Declension of Jung [masculine // feminine, surname]
| singular | plural | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | |||||||
| indef. | def. | noun | indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | (ein) | (der) | Jung | (eine) | (die) | Jung | (die) | Jungs |
| genitive | (eines) | (des) | Jungs, Jung1 | (einer) | (der) | Jung | (der) | Jungs |
| dative | (einem) | (dem) | Jung | (einer) | (der) | Jung | (den) | Jungs |
| accusative | (einen) | (den) | Jung | (eine) | (die) | Jung | (die) | Jungs |
1With an article.
Further reading
- “Jung” in Duden online
- “Jung” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Indonesian
Etymology
From Karo Batak Jung.
Proper noun
Jung
- a surname from Karo Batak