Noun
die Jugend
Pronunciation: /ˈjuːɡənt/
youth (quality or state of being young; part of life following childhood)
B1
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Meanings
Noun
- youth (quality or state of being young; part of life following childhood)
- youth (young people collectively)
Example sentence
In meiner Jugend habe ich viel Fußball gespielt.
In my youth I played a lot of football.
Word forms
singular
die Jugend
No common plural.
The four cases
Singular
Nominativedie Jugend
Accusativedie Jugend
Dativeder Jugend
Genitiveder Jugend
Jugend has no common plural.
Usage
- in meiner Jugend — Refers to the period when the speaker was young.
- die Jugend — Can collectively name young people rather than a life stage.
In meiner Jugend gab es hier noch kein Kino.
When I was young, there was no cinema here yet.